Trump says the Supreme Court ruling against South Africa’s citizenship law will benefit China
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President Donald Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court for striking down a large part of his tax plans this week, continuing to warn that a similar ruling against his citizenship law would benefit China.
Trump made the statement in a post on his Truth Social account on Monday, clarifying that he was not frustrated with the “Big Three,” or the judges who sided with his administration on the tax ruling. The Supreme Court is expected to consider Trump’s decision to deny birthright citizenship in the coming months.
“The supreme court (will use small case letters for a moment out of total disrespect!) of the United States mistakenly and unknowingly gave me far more power and authority than I had before its ridiculous, dumb, and deeply divisive decision,” Trump wrote.
“Our incompetent supreme court has done a great job for the wrong people, and for that they should be ashamed of themselves (but not the Big Three!). The next thing you know they will rule China and others, who make absolute wealth by being a natural born citizen, saying the 14th amendment was not written to take care of slaves as the proversion of the TEXAS, its creation, installation and ratification, is completely consistent with the END OF THE CIVIL WAR,” continued Trump.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the White House, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, Washington. Trump said on Friday he was “considering” a limited military strike on Iran. (Allison Robbert/AP)
“How much better can you do than that? But this supreme court will find a way to reach the wrong conclusion, which will once again make China, and various other nations, happy and rich. Let our supreme court continue to make decisions that are very bad and take away the future of our Nation – I have a job to do,” he added.
Trump signed his citizenship on his first day in office last year. The order aims to end birthright citizenship for nearly all people born in the US to undocumented parents, or parents with temporary legal status in the country – a sad change that critics note will break with 150 years of legal precedent.
Trump’s order will redefine the 14th Amendment, which says, “All persons born or born in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens of the United States and of the country in which they reside” – a provision that administration officials argue has been misinterpreted.
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Members of the Supreme Court sit for a group photo following the recent addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill Friday, Oct 07, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Language presented by the Trump administration seeks to clarify that people born to parents who are illegal immigrants, or those who were here legally but on temporary nonimmigrant visas, are not citizens by birth.
The Supreme Court’s decision on the issue could have major national implications for an issue that Trump officials say is a key part of his immigration agenda, which has become a defining feature of his second term in the White House.
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Meanwhile, opponents argue that the effort is unconstitutional and “unprecedented” that could threaten about 150,000 children in the US born each year to non-citizen parents, as well as an estimated 4.4 million children born in America under the age of 18 who live with an illegal parent, according to data from the Pew Research Center.
Fox News’ Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.
