Trump Softens Criticism of Supreme Court Over Tariff Ruling

Four days after deriding the US Supreme Court justices who struck down most of his signature tariffs, President Donald Trump was far milder in his criticism with some of them in the room.

Delivering his State of the Union address Tuesday, Trump criticized Friday’s 6-3 ruling against his sweeping global tariffs as “very unfortunate” and “disappointing.” The four justices who attended — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — sat stoically in their front-row seats.