President Donald Trump said he regrets nominating all three of the Supreme Court justices he appointed during his first term, according to an interview published Thursday.
\n\nThe president told TIME that Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, the three he placed on the high court between 2017 and 2020, have voted against him too often since taking the bench.
\n\nAsked whether he regretted the nominations, Trump pointed to the appointments he had handed each justice.
\n\n“Yeah. Yeah. What can I do? I put them in,” Trump said. “They voted against me too often. I was very—I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often. They vote for me too.”
\n\nThe president tied his frustration to the court’s rulings on birthright citizenship and his emergency tariffs.
\n\n“It’s unfortunate what they did—not to me, to our country,” Trump said of the citizenship ruling. “And it’s become a corrupt business, all because of the Supreme Court decision.”
\n\nThe court in June found Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship unlawful, with Barrett and Kavanaugh in the majority and Gorsuch dissenting.
\n\nThe president also faulted the justices over a February ruling that struck down his global tariffs, arguing…
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