Donald Trump’s pleas to the Supreme Court to uphold his sweeping tariffs on imports from around the world are getting increasingly desperate.
For weeks, the president has issued panicked late-night calls urging the court to rule in favor of the tariffs, which have emerged as both Trump’s signature economic policy and as his favorite cudgel for influencing foreign rivals’ domestic policies.
Now, with a decision expected to come down at any time, he’s warning that only “dark and sinister forces” would want to put an end to the tariffs.
“Because of Tariffs, easily and quickly applied, our National Security has been greatly enhanced, and we have become the financially strongest Country, by far, anywhere in the World. Only dark and sinister forces would want to see that end!!!” he wrote on

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