Just earlier this week, the court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn’t give President Donald Trump the authority to impose sweeping tariffs. Soon after the ruling, the body language experts tried decoding Trump’s mannerisms. Irish Star stated in a report that body language expert Judi James revealed that Donald Trump’s response was full of “defiance and barely suppressed anger.” In an interaction with Irish Star, she described the stance as “peak Trump.”
“This Supreme Court decision appears to have triggered a very familiar and recognizable body language state from Trump, which is the look he sported prior to his second term in office when he was being taken through the courts and showing signs of defiance and barely suppressed anger,” body language expert Judi James told the publication.
Further decoding Trump’s body language, the expert said, “His top lip has tightened here to signal that defiance, while his one shoulder shrugs suggest a desire to diminish the idea of any opposition or any weakness from himself. In many ways this is peak Trump in terms of his performance as though the call to arms has given him something to rebel against.”
Meanwhile, on Truth Social, Donald Trump described the ruling as “deeply disappointing,” and he added that he was “ashamed of certain Members of the Court.”
Donald Trump, presidente de Estados Unidos, no dudó en expresar su enojo por el fallo de la Corte Suprema que declaró como ilegales sus aranceles globales.https://t.co/v4hUUFMbap pic.twitter.com/WQ9zcMklIZ
— Aristegui Noticias (@AristeguiOnline) February 21, 2026
Trump acknowledged Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh for their “Strength, Wisdom, and Love of our Country.” He then went on to accuse members of the Court of being “FOOLS” and “LAPDOGS.”
Do you support our Supreme Court giving Donald Trump the power to use Tariffs on other countries ?
YES or NO?
If YES , Give me a Thumbs-Up👍 pic.twitter.com/nwH76gfnTy
— Right Scope 🇺🇸 (@RightScopee) February 5, 2026
Donald Trump, in his Truth Social entry, also listed out “other alternatives.” He wrote, “Their decision is incorrect,” adding, “But it doesn’t matter because we have very powerful alternatives.”
🚨 JUST IN: Governor Gavin Newsom is calling for Donald Trump to issue immediate tariff refund checks — with interest — following today’s Supreme Court ruling! pic.twitter.com/DTC1dIyGCF
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) February 20, 2026
Meanwhile, Trump’s longtime critic and California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office reacted to the President’s Truth Social post and wrote on X, “JUST IN: Governor Gavin Newsom is calling for Donald Trump to issue immediate tariff refund checks — with interest — following today’s Supreme Court ruling!”
“The Good News is that there are methods, practices, Statutes, and other Authorities, as recognized by the entire Court and Congress, that are even stronger than the IEEPA TARIFFS, available to me as President of the United States of America,” Trump signed off the post with these words.
