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Conservative analyst Ben Shapiro argued on Wednesday night that the Supreme Court is putting President Donald Trump "in an awkward position" over his key economic policy. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case challenging Trump's authority to impose sweeping tariffs under his emergency powers. Trump has argued that the tariffs are necessary to revive America's manufacturing base. The Supreme Court seemed skeptical of those arguments on Wednesday, with Chief Justice John Roberts referring to them as a "tax" on the American people. Shapiro argued on CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" that the Supreme Court could reject Trump's tariff policy, which could have a ripple effect on his presidency. "One of the things that will be fascinating is if the court does strike it down, watch the stock market absolutely explode," Shapiro said. "Seriously, you'll watch the S&P 500 jump like nobody's business, and the president is then going to be in the awkward position of having to explain why the markets are boosted by the rejection of his key policy."
