U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to use additional tariffs and licenses to ‘do terrible things’ to foreign nations following a Supreme Court ruling on his sweeping trade policies. The remarks come after the court upheld his initial tariffs on imported goods, prompting Trump to escalate his rhetoric against the justices and his trade strategy.

Trump criticized the Supreme Court’s decision as ‘ridiculous,’ ‘dumb,’ and ‘very internationally divisive.’ In a post on Truth Social, he claimed the court had inadvertently granted him greater power than before the ruling. ‘For one thing, I can use licenses to do absolutely ‘terrible’ things to foreign countries, especially those that have been ripping us off for many decades,’ he said.

Trump emphasized that the court had approved all other tariffs, which he said could now be applied with ‘legal certainty’ and ‘much more power’ than previously planned. He also took aim at the court, saying, ‘Our incompetent supreme court did a great job for the wrong people, and for that they should be ashamed of themselves (but not the Great Three!).’

The ‘Great Three’ Trump referenced are Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito, who dissented from the ruling. Trump has publicly praised them as his new heroes. In his dissent, Kavanaugh argued that the tariffs were ‘clearly lawful’ under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which permits the president to impose tariffs when a foreign country imposes burdens on U.S. commerce.

Trump took a pointed swipe at the court, saying, ‘Let our supreme court keep making decisions that are so bad and deleterious to the future of our nation — I have a job to do.’ He also criticized the justices who voted against his approach, calling their decision ‘ridiculous’ and stating that the ‘adjustment process begins’ with plans to ‘take in even more money than we were taking in before.’

Trump’s administration has indicated it will determine and issue new, legally permissible tariffs in the coming months. The president has long used tariffs as a tool to pressure foreign nations and boost domestic industries, and this ruling appears to have emboldened him further in that strategy.