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The Supreme Court just blew up Trump’s foreign policy

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Cranes stand above ships loaded with shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles on February 20, 2026. | Mario Tama/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy so far has been to speak loudly and carry a big stick. On Friday, the Supreme Court took away his favorite stick. From Cuba, to China, to Greenland, it’s not an exaggeration to say that tariffs are the default foreign policy tool of the second Trump administration. He has regularly used them to threaten allies, isolate enemies, and demand policy concessions on a host of issues that often had little to do...