FACT CHECK: \u201cVery powerful alternatives that have been approved by this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n
TRUMP: \u201cBut it doesn\u2019t matter, because we have very powerful alternatives that have been approved by this decision. You know, they\u2019ve been approved by the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the Court didn\u2019t \u201capprove\u201d any alternatives, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh did argue in his dissent that the president has other options to tariff: \u201cAlthough I firmly disagree with the Court\u2019s holding today, the decision might not substantially constrain a President\u2019s ability to order tariffs going forward. That is because numerous other federal statutes authorize the President to impose tariffs and might justify most (if not all) of the tariffs at issue in this case\u2014albeit perhaps with a few additional procedural steps that IEEPA, as an emergency statute, does not require. Those statutes include, for example, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232); the Trade Act of 1974 (Sections 122, 201, and 301); and the Tariff Act of 1930 (Section 338). In essence, the Court today concludes that the President checked the wrong statutory box by relying on IEEPA rather than another statute to impose these tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n
FACT CHECK: \u201cI\u2019m not allowed to charge even $1\u201d<\/p>\n
TRUMP: \u201cTo show you how ridiculous the opinion is, however, the court said that I\u2019m not allowed to charge even $1. I can\u2019t charge $1. Can\u2019t charge $1 \u201c<\/p>\n
This is correct. Trump cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to tariff other countries for even $1.<\/p>\n
FACT CHECK: \u201cI GUESS IT HAS TO BE LITIGATED FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS\u201d<\/p>\n
TRUMP: \u201cWouldn\u2019t you think they would have put one sentence in there saying that, keep the money, or don\u2019t keep the money, right? I guess it has to get litigated for the next two years.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s more complicated than this, but in layman\u2019s terms, the federal government can just refund, using tariff receipts. It doesn\u2019t HAVE to get into litigation here.<\/p>\n
FACT CHECK: \u201cWe have a right to do pretty much what we want to do\u201d<\/p>\n
QUESTION:\u00a0\u201cMr. President, the 122 tariffs, that 10% is that going to be for 150 days? Or do you want to charge that indefinitely?\u201d<\/p>\n
TRUMP: \u201cWe have a right to do pretty much what we want to do, but we\u2019re going to charge it starting effectively. I think it\u2019s three days from now.\u201d<\/p>\n