Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich disputed a report from Kristen Holmes, who holds the identical title at NCS, about President Donald Trump’s response to Friday’s Supreme Court determination striking down the tariffs he’s imposed beneath the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
We nonetheless haven’t any official response from the White House or President Trump. We are ready, I’m informed that they’re assembly, discussing how they will reply. But we have now realized extra about what occurred within the room when President Trump was with these governors and he realized of the Supreme Court determination. Apparently, the breakfast had been going nicely. They had been working collectively. And then President Trump grew to become enraged. He began ranting concerning the determination, not solely calling it a shame, however began attacking the courts at one level saying, “These effing courts,” however utilizing the precise language there. We know that President Trump does use expletives on-, very often when he’s enraged particularly.
Now, this after all comes as this tariff policy-, this might not be a greater determination for President Trump. This couldn’t be a greater loss for President Trump. Not solely is a lot of his financial agenda primarily based on these tariffs, a lot his international coverage is predicated on the tariffs. He has used these tariffs as leverage in virtually each assembly that he has had around the globe. He has touted them as crucial a part of the financial agenda. So clearly a large loss and he acknowledges that in the present day.
Heinrich known as out Holmes’s declare in a tweet suggesting that it was false about an hour later.
“According to a supply OUTSIDE THE ADMINISTRATION on POTUS response to tariff ruling throughout governors breakfast: ‘an aide came in, handed him a note, he called it a disgrace and then he went on with the remarks,’” wrote Heinrich, who added that this version of events “contradicts NCS reporting about an expletive-laden rant.”
Watch Holmes’s report above by way of NCS.