Trump's Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate

[Zorro]

If the Supreme Court rules against its tariffs, the Trump administration would begin replacing them immediately, said Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative.

If the Supreme Court strikes down President Trump’s tariffs, the Trump administration plans to begin replacing them almost immediately with other levies, Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative, said in an interview.

Mr. Greer, who is Mr. Trump’s top trade negotiator, said in a Jan. 15 interview with The New York Times that, following any adverse ruling, the administration would “start the next day” to reestablish tariffs “to respond to the problems the president has identified.”

Mr. Greer expressed optimism that the Supreme Court, which is currently reviewing the president’s use of an emergency law that underpins most of his tariffs, would rule in the administration’s favor. But Mr. Greer said that he and other advisers had given the president “a lot of different options” to achieve his trade goals at the beginning of the administration, meaning the president could turn to different legal authorities to impose similar tariffs worldwide.

“The reality is the president is going to have tariffs as part of his trade policy going forward,” Mr. Greer said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/politics/trumps-trade-negotiator-says-response-to-court-loss-would-be-immediate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlA.3q8v.2A_mPIAr1j06&smid=url-share

[Vinca]

1. Sorry, Sire. The POTUS cannot remove a Supreme Court justice. If they could, several of the people

currently serving wouldn't be there. It all hinges on his lapdogs in Congress.

[Falconry]

3. No

Replacing tariffs with other levies. Not replacing Supreme Court justices

[Vinca]

4. Sorry, I misunderstood. But how could he replace tariffs he's barred from using???

[Falconry]

6. No idea

But that’s what the article said. Like most of Trumps nonsense, he’s probably just making up more shit as he goes along.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. Because the current case is about his authority to tariff under one specific law

If SCOTUS rules he can’t use that law as justification, this official is saying they will just move on to another law to support their tariffs.

IIRC, That other law (I forget its name at the moment) is more restrictive, limiting tariffs to just 10 or 15% max.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Does anyone think SCOTUS will read the law let alone enforce it?

Puhleeze!

[J_William_Ryan]

5. "The reality is the president is going to have tariffs as part of his trade policy going forward"

One of countless reasons why Trump is unfit to be president: his blind adherence to failed, wrongheaded policies, such as tariffs.