Trump warns courts against knocking down tariffs, says duties are 'huge positive' for stock market
"If a Radical Left Court ruled against us at this late date, in an attempt to bring down or disturb the largest amount of money, wealth creation and influence the U.S.A. has ever seen, it would be impossible to ever recover, or pay back, these massive sums of money and honor," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Friday morning.
"It would be 1929 all over again, a GREAT DEPRESSION," he added.
Trump's comments come as a federal appeals court is hearing arguments on how to handle his tariff policy. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan told CNBC this week that Supreme Court could end up disqualifying the duties being invoked under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
"If they were going to rule against the wealth, strength, and power of America, they should have done so LONG AGO, at the beginning of the case, where our entire Country, while never having a chance at this kind of GREATNESS again, would not have been put in 1929 style jeopardy," Trump said of the courts' potential actions around tariffs. "There is no way America could recover from such a judicial tragedy."
Trump cited the "positive impact" of tariffs on the stock market. However, markets this year have appeared to respond positively when Trump dials back on tariffs, and have reacted negatively when he has pressed the case for the duties.
When Trump announced the initial 90-day pause on "liberation day" tariffs in early April, the Nasdaq rose 7% in just a few minutes, while other major averages also posted strong gains that week. In addition, the market has seen sector-specific rallies such as when Trump backed off on his threats against chips. Companies such as AMD and Marvell, as well as Apple, then posted solid gains with the duties granting broad exemptions to any company that announces plans to add some manufacturing in the U.S.
The rallies often were short-lived as the president has frequently changed gears on his tariff rhetoric. Markets lately have been more stable around tariff news as investors view the president's views as continuously subject to change.
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