Devastating new numbers could doom Trump at the Supreme Court: analysis

A new set of numbers on U.S. trade could be yet another blow to President Donald Trump's odds of getting a good ruling from the Supreme Court on his tariff regime, The Washington Post editorial board wrote on Thursday.

The fundamental problem, wrote the board, is that Trump has partly sold his aggressive "reciprocal tariffs" as a means to balance the U.S. trade deficit, but it isn't doing that.

"In fact, the gap between the value of goods the U.S. imports and goods it exports increased by 5.7 percent in 2025...