Trump: New tariffs 'doing the same thing' as the ones struck down by Supreme Court

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at General Motors’ Milford Proving Grounds on July 27, 2026 in Milford, Michigan. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday said new U.S. tariffs are functionally the same as the ones the Supreme Court struck down as illegal earlier this year."It's a shame that I have to go a harder way for the tariffs because the Supreme Court, in a very close decision, you know, ruled against me," Trump said in a Fox News interview."Now, I have other ways of doing the same thing, but it's a more cumbersome, you know, way of doing it," he said.Trump's comments on tariffs came four days after a federal lawsuit accused his administration of using different statutes as pretext to resurrect the global tariff regime that failed in the courts.Trump also told Fox that he would rather the U.S. leave its trilateral trade deal with Canada and Mexico than renegotiate it."I don't care. I mean, I don't really want to. I'd rather be independent," Trump said when asked if he was still looking to update the deal known as USMCA, which the U.S. this month decided not to renew."Here's the thing: Mexico and Canada need us. We don't need them. The deal is importan...