WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won't be going in person to the Supreme Court hearing Wednesday that will determine the fate of the tariffs at the heart of his economic and foreign policy -- but his treasury secretary says he will be there.

“I’m actually going to go and sit the -- hopefully in the front row and listen -- have a ringside seat,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime.”

Trump had said he badly wanted to attend the arguments, but ruled out what would have been a highly unusual appearance, saying it would have been a distraction. “It's not about me, it's about our country,” he told reporters Sunday.

On Monday, his top economic adviser said he would be there instead, signaling the importance of the case to the T

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