President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is only now on the cusp of realizing the "full benefit" of his tariff agenda — arguing that foreign buyers who initially stockpiled goods to temporarily dodge duties are finally running through their inventories.
In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump said that despite "Hundreds of Billions of Dollars" already collected, true tariff revenue has been artificially suppressed by importers who "'STOCK UP' by purchasing far more inventory than they can use" to avoid short-term costs.
That strategy, he argued, is no longer sustainable.
"That heavy inventory purchase is now, however, wearing thin," Trump wrote, "and soon Tariffs will be paid on everything they apply to, without avoidance, and the amounts payable to the USA will SKYROCKET, over and above the already historic levels of dollars received."
He said the coming wave of payments would be "RECORD SETTING" and claimed it would help propel the country onto "a new and unprecedented course," strengthening both economic security and national security.
Those opposing his tariff strategy, Trump added, "are serving hostile foreign interests that are not aligned with the success, safety and prosperity of the USA."
The president ended his post by urging the Supreme Court to rule swiftly in a major case that could determine whether his sweeping tariff authority can continue unimpeded.
"I look so much forward to the United States Supreme Court's decision on this urgent and time sensitive matter so that we can continue, in an uninterrupted manner, to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" he wrote.
Trump's push comes as the Supreme Court weighs the future of tariffs he imposed using broad emergency powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Lower courts have cast doubt on whether the statute allows a president to levy duties of such scope without congressional action.
A federal appeals panel previously found that Trump's tariff orders stretched IEEPA beyond its intended limits, ruling that several of the duties needed clearer authorization from Congress. The Biden administration defended some of the authorities, but the question of presidential power over tariffs ultimately landed before the Supreme Court.
The justices agreed to take up the dispute, setting the stage for a consequential ruling that could redefine how much unilateral trade authority presidents can wield.
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