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Kingofalldems

(40,115 posts)
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:44 AM Friday

Trump blows up over SCOTUS decision:

CNN's Kristen Holmes reports that Trump blew up during a meeting after learning of the SCOTUS ruling on tariffs.

"He started ranting about the decision, not only calling it a disgrace, but started attacking the courts and at one point saying these effing courts, but using the actual language there"

Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) 2026-02-20T16:30:04.183Z



Hahaha!

How hard is Canada laughing?
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Trump blows up over SCOTUS decision: (Original Post) Kingofalldems Friday OP
NEXT: Trump Board of Peace Overrules "Disgraceful" U.S. Supreme Court; Trump Declares War On U.S. dalton99a Friday #1
Once upon a time your post message would have been wnylib Friday #9
I think Trump declared war on the US a long time ago CaptainTruth Friday #41
We're currently living in tRump's war on America. He is putin's faithful puppet. diane in sf Friday #63
How long before the strings are finally cut? BattleRow Friday #73
If he's worried about the loss of income to the treasury, why not tax ketchup and all crypto currency transactions? jls4561 Friday #2
My suggestion is Tax the filthy Rich like himself... Justice matters. Friday #56
INCOMING KETCHUP-TAKE COVER!!!!! Just_Vote_Dem Friday #3
F this mess underpants Friday #32
Ha! Floyd R. Turbo Friday #43
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Friday #4
I'm pleasantly surprised that SCOTUS did the right thing. Nt spooky3 Friday #16
I was surprised that the didn't just Bettie Friday #19
Check out #32! Just_Vote_Dem Friday #59
I'm hoping he'll suffer a CVA. sop Friday #5
Or a heart attack Grim Chieftain Friday #27
Darth Cheney did Jilly_in_VA Friday #30
Well, there is that... Grim Chieftain Friday #31
I'm taping the press conference whenever it happens... OGBuzz Friday #37
I hope he isn't too upset. An old guy like that shouldn't get stressed out. Ocelot II Friday #6
Yessssss! Hey Joe Friday #24
The Supreme's will be sitting directly in front of him maybe 10 feet away. OGBuzz Friday #39
Folks in the audience... ultralite001 Friday #47
Someone suggested... ultralite001 Friday #54
That's right BonnieJW Friday #46
A Howard Beale moment! BattleRow Friday #74
Has there ever been a criminal who didn't say something derisive about the court? EYESORE 9001 Friday #7
Prime Example of: popsdenver Friday #58
oh please!!! have a heart attack already! mountain grammy Friday #8
TFG is the most absolute waste of oxygen I have ever witnessed UpInArms Friday #10
Aw, that's too bad. Poor baby. The idiot, who thinks he's a genius, listened to Navarro, another idiot. surfered Friday #11
Poor baby... sop Friday #12
A stupider idiot. 2naSalit Friday #13
Happy Schadenfreude Day! Ping Tung Friday #14
TSF, today: Wednesdays Friday #18
dump lost his binkie MustLoveBeagles Friday #15
Please o please let him blow up for real Easterncedar Friday #17
I wanna see pieces -- hundreds and thousands of blubbery chunks of that shitbag Blue Owl Friday #53
They are attempting to save Trump and Repubs in the midterms. kentuck Friday #20
Yep. dalton99a Friday #22
Unfortunately, the damage to long-term trade with our trading partners has been done. OAITW r.2.0 Friday #28
Good point with Alito and Thomas being themselves and Kavanaugh saying "I'm still cool! underpants Friday #34
Didn't he promise to shoot himself in the middle of Fifth Avenue? struggle4progress Friday #21
Just wait for the presser at 12.45 malaise Friday #23
But it's the perfect excuse when the stock market crashes and crypto implodes: Auggie Friday #25
Spoken like a TRUE felon Tim S Friday #26
How soon before tRump orders Pam Bondi to arrest the SCOTUS members Sibelius Fan Friday #29
I think we should all get on truth social and tell him to have Pam Bondi arrest the Supreme Court members that BComplex Friday #64
#hidetheketchup is trending LetMyPeopleVote Friday #33
The sector tariffs on Canada are still in place Fiendish Thingy Friday #35
Yeah, it doesn't affect us a lot but I have to confess it still put a big smile on my face. Bev54 Friday #72
Trump said "It would be a complete mess" but whose mess is it, Trump? Towlie Friday #36
"It would take many years to figure out ... who, when, and where, to pay" Seinan Sensei Friday #66
Supremes gave him an out. poli-junkie Friday #38
So Kagan,Jackson and Sotomayor were trying to help Trump out? onenote Friday #69
Good. I hope he has a stroke. GoodRaisin Friday #40
Hope he "blows up real good" usonian Friday #42
How I wish this was a literal headline lame54 Friday #44
So... Bascially, the scotus dithered quakerboy Friday #45
Lapdog Abstractartist Friday #48
The only vote that surprises me... biocube Friday #49
the ketchup be flying! lol nt Javaman Friday #50
now lets follow the money, where did all that tariff money go to? hmmmm? nt Javaman Friday #51
And the diapers are a-overflowin' C_U_L8R Friday #52
Oh nuts. For a moment I assumed spontaneous human combustion Raven123 Friday #55
tariffs bromeando Friday #57
K&R for, waiting for the State of the Union/Tuesday! UTUSN Friday #60
Leadership-by-tantrum is his only move Torchlight Friday #61
Come on, natural causes! Iggo Friday #62
Paging Susie Wiles. . .Paging Susie Wiles. . . DinahMoeHum Friday #65
Going down now.... Clouds Passing Friday #67
Yeah well good! mountain grammy Friday #68
Well he shouldn't have raised our taxes. Emile Friday #70
he must have seen this because he was extra pissed at cnn Kali Friday #71
This is the Separation of Powers Under the Constitution of the United States exactly as the founding fathers envisioned Shermann 23 hrs ago #75
The argument for Trump's tariffs was so over the top thought crime 18 hrs ago #76

dalton99a

(93,186 posts)
1. NEXT: Trump Board of Peace Overrules "Disgraceful" U.S. Supreme Court; Trump Declares War On U.S.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:45 AM
Friday

wnylib

(25,433 posts)
9. Once upon a time your post message would have been
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:49 AM
Friday

sarcasm or satire.

In today's world, it could actually happen.

jls4561

(2,991 posts)
2. If he's worried about the loss of income to the treasury, why not tax ketchup and all crypto currency transactions?
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:46 AM
Friday

Bettie

(19,514 posts)
19. I was surprised that the didn't just
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:07 PM
Friday

do as they were told.

Not at all surprised by the dissenters.

Grim Chieftain

(1,509 posts)
27. Or a heart attack
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:41 PM
Friday

He would have to have a heart for that to happen, but I dare to dream.

Ocelot II

(129,952 posts)
6. I hope he isn't too upset. An old guy like that shouldn't get stressed out.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:48 AM
Friday

He might have a stroke or something.

ultralite001

(2,465 posts)
47. Folks in the audience...
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:25 PM
Friday

Could pellet the poser prez w/ these tiny ketchup packets...

In celebration of his many "wins"...

BonnieJW

(3,104 posts)
46. That's right
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:23 PM
Friday

He was starting to panic that none of the dems will show up. Everyone will tune in for this

UpInArms

(54,588 posts)
10. TFG is the most absolute waste of oxygen I have ever witnessed
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:49 AM
Friday

The day he draws his last breath cannot come soon enough

surfered

(12,617 posts)
11. Aw, that's too bad. Poor baby. The idiot, who thinks he's a genius, listened to Navarro, another idiot.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:49 AM
Friday

Blue Owl

(58,737 posts)
53. I wanna see pieces -- hundreds and thousands of blubbery chunks of that shitbag
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:32 PM
Friday

Then dump them in the ocean for chum for the rest of his evil, complicit cabinet

kentuck

(115,328 posts)
20. They are attempting to save Trump and Repubs in the midterms.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:12 PM
Friday

It is political. The tariffs have hit the Midwest farmers very hard. If Republicans lose the Midwest, it could be a blue tsunami. The Court is saving Trump from himself.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,866 posts)
28. Unfortunately, the damage to long-term trade with our trading partners has been done.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:42 PM
Friday

Rescinding the tariffs won't address the structural trade decisions that Canada and other countries have made to counteract these tariffs...namely restructuring and prioritizing trade deals with other other middle power countries over the next decade or so..

underpants

(195,792 posts)
34. Good point with Alito and Thomas being themselves and Kavanaugh saying "I'm still cool!
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:53 PM
Friday

to fend off MAGA crazies.

Auggie

(33,029 posts)
25. But it's the perfect excuse when the stock market crashes and crypto implodes:
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:39 PM
Friday

he'll blame the courts.

It'll happen.

Sibelius Fan

(24,795 posts)
29. How soon before tRump orders Pam Bondi to arrest the SCOTUS members
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:43 PM
Friday

who ruled his tariffs are illegal? Maybe he’ll appoint 4-5 additional ASS-kissing members to the SCOTUS to stack a super majority on the SCOTUS.

BComplex

(9,831 posts)
64. I think we should all get on truth social and tell him to have Pam Bondi arrest the Supreme Court members that
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:51 PM
Friday

shot down his tariffs!! He’s so delusional, he might do it! That would be hillarious!

Fiendish Thingy

(22,627 posts)
35. The sector tariffs on Canada are still in place
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:55 PM
Friday

And 90% of other Canadian products are exempt.

The ruling only covered the tariffs imposed using the fake “emergency” under the IEEPA.

Bev54

(13,368 posts)
72. Yeah, it doesn't affect us a lot but I have to confess it still put a big smile on my face.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:30 PM
Friday

Towlie

(5,563 posts)
36. Trump said "It would be a complete mess" but whose mess is it, Trump?
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:05 PM
Friday

CNBC: Trump wrote in a social media post on Jan. 12 that

"it would take many years to figure out what number we are talking about and even, who, when, and where, to pay." He added: "It would be a complete mess, and almost impossible for our Country to pay."


more...

Seinan Sensei

(1,482 posts)
66. "It would take many years to figure out ... who, when, and where, to pay"
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:07 PM
Friday

No problemo.
I’ll wait

poli-junkie

(1,532 posts)
38. Supremes gave him an out.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:07 PM
Friday

Just like TSF 1.0, tariffs were ruinous but he got rid of them after agreements with Canada etc. Then during TSF 2.0, his hubris didn’t allow him to concede that, yes indeed, tariffs don’t work. So the Supremes helped him out by getting rid of the politically damaging tariffs.

onenote

(46,090 posts)
69. So Kagan,Jackson and Sotomayor were trying to help Trump out?
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:38 PM
Friday

And Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh were trying to hurt Trump?

Please elaborate....

quakerboy

(14,807 posts)
45. So... Bascially, the scotus dithered
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:23 PM
Friday

For many months while putins lapdog destroyed the future of the US economy. Now they stand up.. a lot too late.

This is a correct ruling, but its tardyness in coming has bankrupted people.

biocube

(193 posts)
49. The only vote that surprises me...
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:28 PM
Friday

is Kavanaugh. Not surprised Gorsuch or Barrett voted against Trump and certainly not Roberts. And we know Thomas and Alito are just yes-men for POTUS.

Raven123

(7,707 posts)
55. Oh nuts. For a moment I assumed spontaneous human combustion
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:36 PM
Friday


Was about to break out the champagne

Torchlight

(6,608 posts)
61. Leadership-by-tantrum is his only move
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:40 PM
Friday

Odd to realize how many people this wee little man has duped into thinking he's anything other than a degenerate conman; more odd to realize how many people actually desire to be duped and conned.

Shermann

(9,030 posts)
75. This is the Separation of Powers Under the Constitution of the United States exactly as the founding fathers envisioned
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:44 AM
23 hrs ago

Calling it a disgrace doesn't appear to be preserving, protecting and defending said Constitution to the best of his ability.

thought crime

(1,411 posts)
76. The argument for Trump's tariffs was so over the top
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 02:54 PM
18 hrs ago

Part of their argument was that Trump's economic policy depended on these tariffs. That really doesn't sound like something that should depend on Emergency powers, especially when there is no emergency. The dissenters should be impeached.

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