Somebody Is Giving POTUS Terrible Advice

Trump: "I can use Licenses to do absolutely 'terrible' things to foreign countries" pic.twitter.com/wFmmlsIaTQ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 23, 2026

The power he has left is limited to 150 days, and more easily challenged in court than IEEPA. Even the majority in Learning Resources recognized the procedural limits, even if Kavanaugh didn’t (told you he’s not very bright).

Or putting it another way:

Katyal: "Here's the problem for Donald Trump: his DOJ, in our case, filed briefs to the courts that said Section 122 is inapplicable and the president can't use it. So now he's turned around and he's gonna have to somehow argue against his own DOJ's interpretation of the statute.… pic.twitter.com/wqV7qDijqR

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 23, 2026

(Katyal argued the case before the court. The majority adopted all 6 of his arguments.) But please, double down.

seen on Fox Business pic.twitter.com/QGgILMExaW

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 23, 2026

Maria Bartiromo: "It's incredible to me that it appears to be that the Democrats are so angry about President Trump's success, he's been so successful on so many levels and has done things so fast that now the Democrats are boycotting the State of the Union." pic.twitter.com/dL3dQmveRc

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 23, 2026

What do the Democrats know that Maria doesn’t know?

Enten: "Trump's net approval rating. Look at the pre-SOTU polls. Look at that -- negative 27 points! My goodness gracious. Compare that to where he was in 2020, 2019, and 2017 -- minus 10, way lower now. The bottom line is Donald Trump has never been weaker going into a State of… pic.twitter.com/QGS21S6bFE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 23, 2026

Battle lines being drawn:

Neal Katyak: "It's so amazing to think what happened on Friday can happen, that I -- the son of immigrants -- can walk into court and say the highest person in the land, the president, got something wrong, and to do it not in some rinky dink traffic court but in that highest… pic.twitter.com/sJWg3BELaq

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 23, 2026

Son of immigrants v. ...

Trump: "As President, I do not have to go back to Congress to get approval of Tariffs. It has already been gotten, in many forms, a long time ago! They were also just reaffirmed by the ridiculous and poorly crafted supreme court decision! President DJT" pic.twitter.com/gtU4Y6ApxF

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 23, 2026

... old man shouting at clouds.

That SOTU’s gonna be a barn-burner. As in, locking everyone in and setting the place on fire.