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Trump decides he'll FAFO on Supreme Court tariff ruling

The tariff ruling let President Trump blame judges and walk away from an unpopular policy. Instead, he attacked his own justices and announced new tariffs the people hate

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G. Elliott Morris
Feb 22, 2026
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This is a special edition of my normal Sunday data roundup. I have written an emergency analysis of the Supreme Court’s striking down of Donald Trump’s tariffs and his response. I show that by attacking the Court and doubling down on an unpopular policy, the president has put himself on the wrong side of a supermajority of voters on two fronts.

On deck here at Strength In Numbers this week: I’ll release the results of our latest poll on Trump’s presidency and the 2026 political climate, what voters really mean when they say the Democrats are “out of touch,” and how voters think about the economic consequences of mass deportations.

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