White House trade advisor Peter Navarro speaks to members of the media close to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 21, 2025.
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President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro stated Sunday that “it will be the end of the United States” if the president’s sweeping tariffs are in the end blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Navarro’s feedback echoed Trump’s personal rhetoric because the president sharply criticized final week’s 7-4 appeals court decision, which dominated that the majority of Trump’s tariffs are unlawful, inserting a central tenet of the administration’s financial agenda on shaky floor.
The last ruling on the matter is prone to be determined by the U.S. Supreme Court. As the battle over Trump’s tariffs intensifies, the president’s advisers are casting the final word final result as pivotal to the way forward for the nation.
“This was weaponized partisan injustice at its worst,” Navarro stated on Fox’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“If we lose the case, President Trump is right. It will be the end of the United States,” he stated.
Navarro additionally stated that he feels “very optimistic” concerning the administration’s arguments to the Supreme Court.
“A very good dissent provides a road map for the Supreme Court. We feel very optimistic,” Navarro stated.
The White House didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s request to remark.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held Friday that Trump overstepped his presidential authority when he invoked the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to justify the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs towards just about each nation on the planet.
The appeals courtroom allowed Trump’s tariffs to remain in impact till Oct. 14, giving the Trump administration time to enchantment the choice to the Supreme Court.
“If these Tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the Country,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social after the ruling.
He added that “with the help of the United States Supreme Court, we will use [tariffs] to the benefit of our Nation, and Make America Rich, Strong, and Powerful Again!”
Without courtroom motion, Trump’s tariffs have been set to have an effect on roughly 69% of U.S. items imports, according to the Tax Foundation, but when blocked, the duties would impression simply roughly 16%.
Parts of Trump’s agenda stay protected from Friday’s courtroom determination. Most notably, his sector-specific levies on metal and aluminum stay unaffected by the appeals courtroom’s ruling.