Solicitor General D. John Sauer argues before the Supreme Court on November 5, 2025. Dana Verkouteren

President Donald Trump, who has declared it a matter of “LIFE OR DEATH,” opted against attending Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing over his billion-dollar tariffs, but his lawyer presented the case in similarly audacious terms.

“President Trump determined that our exploding trade deficits had brought us to the brink of an economic and national security catastrophe,” US Solicitor General D. John Sauer said, layering his arguments with warnings about the “ruthless trade retaliation” and “ruinous economic and national security consequences” Americans would face if the court struck down Trump’s tariffs.

Sauer exhibited his usual rapid-paced, overconfident style at the courtroom lecter

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