JUST IN: Top Official Makes Huge Prediction On Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday it is “very unlikely” the Supreme Court will block President Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs, with a ruling expected before the end of the court’s term and possibly as soon as this week.

“I believe that it is very unlikely that the Supreme Court will overrule a president’s signature economic policy,” Bessent said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “They did not overrule Obamacare, I believe that the Supreme Court does not want to create chaos.”

Last month, the court upheld a key Affordable Care Act provision creating a panel that recommends preventive care services insurers must cover at no cost.

Bessent’s comments came a day after Trump announced plans to slap new tariffs on European goods until “a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”

Trump did not specify the statute he is using to impose the tariffs, but the move mirrors the so-called “liberation day” duties he has already levied on dozens of countries under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Under the plan, tariffs on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland will start at 10% on Feb. 1 and rise to 25% on June 1, Trump said.

The Supreme Court is weighing whether Trump can use IEEPA to impose tariffs, a law that grants presidents broad authority to deploy economic tools in response to an “unusual and extraordinary threat.”

Bessent said the new European tariffs on Greenland are justified as an emergency measure.

“The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency,” Bessent said. “It is a strategic decision by the president … he is able to use the economic might of the U.S. to avoid a hot war.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on NBC’s Meet The Press

Trump has pushed for U.S. control of Greenland for years and has intensified pressure in recent weeks. Leaders in Greenland, Denmark and across Europe have rejected Trump’s demands.

European leaders from the targeted countries fired back Sunday.

“Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral. We will continue to stand united and coordinated in our response,” the leaders of Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom said in a joint statement.

“We stand in full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark and the people of Greenland. Building on the process begun last week, we stand ready to engage in a dialogue based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity that we stand firmly behind,” the statement read.

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met last week at the White House with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt. Rasmussen described the talks as “frank but constructive.”

After the meeting, the group said the U.S. and Denmark would form a high-level working group to map out Greenland’s future.

The Trump administration argues that acquiring Greenland is vital to U.S. national security as Russia and China expand their footprint in the Arctic.

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