Trump claims Kavanaugh dissent gave him power to defy Supreme Court ruling

President Donald Trump imposed new across-the-board tariffs based on a dissent that accompanied a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down his trade wars.

The 79-year-old president announced a 10-percent global tariff Friday in a news conference and simultaneously posted a Truth Social statement after the court ruled 6-3 that his previous duties unlawfully invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, but he quoted from Justice Brett Kavanaugh's dissent to claim other statutes granted him the authority to impose tariffs.