WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will increase the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from the 10% he had announced the day before.

Trump said in a social media post that he was making the decision “based on a thorough, detailed and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written and extraordinarily un-American tariff decision issued yesterday” by the US Supreme Court.

After the court ruled that he did not have the emergency power to impose many sweeping tariffs, Trump signed an executive order on Friday night that allowed him to bypass Congress and impose a 10% tax on imports from around the world. The problem is that those tariffs would be limited to only 150 days, unless legislatively extended.

Trump’s announcement to once again significantly increase a global tax on imports to the United States was the latest sign that, despite the court’s control, the Republican president intended to continue unpredictably wielding his favorite tool for the economy and applying global pressure. Trump’s shifting announcements over the past year that he was raising and sometimes lowering tariffs without warning rattled markets and rattled nations.

Saturday’s announcement appeared to be a sign that Trump intends to use temporary global tariffs to further ease.

“Over the coming months, the Trump Administration will determine and issue new legally permitted tariffs, which will continue our extraordinarily successful process of making America great again,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference on tariffs on Friday, February 20, 2026 at the White House in Washington, DC.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference on tariffs on Friday, February 20, 2026 at the White House in Washington, DC.

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According to the order that Trump signed on Friday night, the 10% tariff was to take effect on February 24. The White House did not immediately respond to a message asking when the president would sign an updated order.

In addition to the temporary tariffs that Trump wants to set at 15%, the president said Friday that he was also seeking tariffs through other sections of federal law that require an investigation by the Commerce Department.

Trump launched an unusually personal attack on the Supreme Court justices who ruled against him in a 6-3 vote, including two of those he appointed during his first term, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Trump, at a news conference Friday, said of the two judges: “I think they’re a disgrace to their families.”

He was still furious Friday night, posting on social media complaining about Gorsuch, Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts, who ruled with the majority and wrote the majority opinion. On Saturday morning, Trump published another post declaring that his “new hero” was Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who wrote a 63-page dissent. He also praised Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, who were in the minority, and said of the three dissenting justices: “There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that they want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”