Why Trump isn’t giving up on his tariffs despite many legal setbacks (opens in new tab)

President Donald Trump just can’t quit tariffs. He suffered a major defeat when the Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 against the sweeping emergency tariffs he announced the previous year. Then, on May 7, a federal court knocked down the interim tariffs he announced after the high court’s decision. Yet Trump appears undeterred and keeps finding a plan B—and then C and D. “So, we always do it a different way,” the president told reporters after the May 7 decision. “We get one ruling, and we...