President Donald Trump is urging obstructionists to stop the crusade against his agenda, saying if the "radical left court" terminates the prosperity from tariffs, the U.S. would become a "third world nation."
"More than 15 trillion dollars will be invested in the USA, a record," Trump hailed in a Sunday night Truth Social post. "Much of this investment is because of tariffs.
"If a radical left court is allowed to terminate these tariffs, almost all of this investment, and much more, will be immediately canceled! In many ways, we would become a third world nation, with no hope of greatness again.
"TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!!! President DJT"
Trump's remarks come as courts weigh legal challenges to key elements of his trade policy. He framed tariffs as a driver of record U.S. investment and positioned their removal as a threat to American prosperity, amplifying his broader campaign message of economic nationalism.
"Prices are 'way down' in the USA, with virtually no inflation," Trump wrote in another Truth Social post Sunday evening. "With the exception of ridiculous, corrupt politician approved 'windmills,' which are killing every state and country that uses them, energy prices are falling, 'big time.' Gasoline is at many year lows.
"All of this despite magnificent tariffs, which are bringing in trillions of dollars from countries that took total advantage of us, for decades, and are making America STRONG and RESPECTED AGAIN!!!"
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said Sunday that all the legal wrangling over tariffs is effectively a self-fulfilling prophecy for anti-Trump obstructionist forces.
"The ultimate thing that I'm hearing, Kristen, more than anything else from all the companies that I've talked to, is they just want it to be set," Lankford told NBC's "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker on Sunday.
"They just want to know what the rules of the road are. Every time there's a new court hearing, every time there's a new change, it's destabilizing for every one of our businesses.
"So let's get all these things resolved as quickly as we possibly can."
Echoing Trump, Lankford also noted the obstructions are wrong on tariffs causing inflation.
"What we're seeing right now is inflation is still stable at this point," Lankford said. "We've not seen a rise in inflation during this time period. As the White House has said over and over again, they're watching that.
"They're attentive to that to be able to make sure we don't see that."
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