"Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough lost it as producers rolled back a shocking clip of President Donald Trump suggesting foreign interests swayed the Supreme Court's ruling against his tariff powers, before he torched the president's logic as Orwellian. The court's 6-3 decision on Friday found that the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) did not authorize the president to impose the tariffs, which Trump had used to set sweeping levies since returning to office."
"As the president spoke, and before the clip could conclude, however, Scarborough interjected to rage that everything he is saying is wrong. Rounding on Trump, the host opened up: Everything is the opposite. I mean, literally, it's the most Orwellian thing. I can't say it's the most Orwellian thing, it's kind of like the Wall Street Journal saying that was the low point of his second term."
The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision finding the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) did not authorize the president to impose the tariffs. President Trump alleged the ruling was influenced by foreign interests and a smaller political movement, citing his election as proof of public backing. Morning Joe aired the president's reaction, and Joe Scarborough interrupted the clip to call the claims wrong and described them as Orwellian. Scarborough referenced a Wall Street Journal editorial demanding an apology to the Court and criticized the president's rhetoric while praising justices for legal consistency.
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