Trump increases global tariffs from 10% to 15% after US Supreme Court’s setback | World News
2 min readUpdated: Feb 21, 2026 10:01 PM US President Donald Trump has raised global tariffs from 10% to 15%, a day after the Supreme Court invalidated the tariffs in a 6:3 decision.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO
In a post on Truth Social, he said, “Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, the United States Supreme Court, please let this statement serve to represent that I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been “ripping” the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level.”
He added that in the next few months, the Trump adminration will determine and issue the new and legally permissible tariffs, which will continue “our extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again – GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!”
The court’s dissent
The majority found that the Constitution “very clearly” gives Congress the power to impose taxes, which include tariffs. “The Framers did not vest any part of the taxing power in the Executive Branch,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.
“The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy. But as a matter of text, hory, and precedent, they are clearly lawful,” Kavanaugh wrote in the dissent.
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