US President Donald Trump says he plans to use any alternative tariff powers at his disposal should the Supreme Court rule against him. The highest court in the US called out Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping levies, opening a case against him and his 2025 tariff plan. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Friday that Trump vowed to do so in a Thursday night call, threatening to get his way.

“There was a big call last night with all the principals to talk about if the Supreme Court were to rule against this IEEPA tariff, what would the next step be?,” Hassett said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” referring to the administration’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. “There are a lot of other legal authorities that can reproduce the deals that we’ve made with other countries, and can do so basically immediately. And so our expectation is that we’re going to win, and if we don’t win, then we know that we’ve got other tools that we could use that get us to the same place,” he said.

Supreme Court to Vote Against Trump Tariffs?

It’s unclear how close the Supreme Court are to making a decision on Trump’s tariffs. The Court’s first decision day of 2026 came and went last Friday without a ruling on their legality. However, Hassett’s quotes today signal that perhaps the highest court is nearing a decision that the Trump administration would not favor. Trump has already worked on several executive orders without approval from the other branches of government. Therefore, he could search for an alternative way to issue the Tariffs regardless if the other branches find them unconstitutional.

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Earlier this week, Trump signed a new bill allowing massive duties on countries that procure Russian petroleum products. Countries that import oil from Russia would be the hardest hit with the highest amount of tariffs by nearly 500%. BRICS members China and India remain at the forefront of the tariffs.