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Feb 22, 2026

Trump says he'll raise global tariff rate to 15% after Supreme Court loss

The Brief

    • A defiant President Trump now says he’s raising the global tariff rate from 10% to 15% after a crushing defeat from the Supreme Court.
    • The high court ruled Friday that Trump’s use of an emergency powers law to enact widespread import taxes is not valid. That power is reserved for Congress.
    • Trump decried the Supreme Court decision, calling it "deeply disappointing," and vowed to find a way around it.

A defiant President Donald Trump now says he’s raising the global tariff rate from 10% to 15% after the Supreme Court ruled that most of his tariffs are invalid. 

Trump, who decried the high court ruling, has vowed to find a way around what he calls a "deeply disappointing" decision from the high court. Here’s the latest: 

Trump says tariffs going up to 15%

 

The backstory:

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that Trump’s attempt to use the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact the taxes is not valid. That power belongs to Congress, the justices said. 

RELATED: Supreme Court rules Trump's tariffs violated federal law

What they're saying:

Trump blasted the justices for their ruling in a lengthy press conference Friday afternoon, saying he was "ashamed" of some of them. 

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the White House, Washington, D.C., US on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"I’m allowed to destroy the country, but I’m not allowed to charge them a little fee," Trump said.

Later Friday, in a post on his Truth Social account, Trump said he signed an executive order replacing the IEEPA tariffs with a 10% tax on imports from around the world. On Saturday morning, he posted an update saying he had raised the rate from 10% to 15%.

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