Trump emboldened to accelerate his agenda after nationwide injunction ruling

After a divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, President Donald Trump told reporters he’d “promptly file” to advance policies blocked by judges, including birthright citizenship restrictions.

“We can now promptly file to proceed with these numerous policies,” he said.

The court ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions. The outcome was a victory for Trump, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda, but the court left open the possibility that the birthright citizenship limitations could remain blocked nationwide.

“We’ve had a big week. We’ve had a lot of victories this week,” the president said during a White House news conference.

He recapped the U.S. strikes on Iran and the subsequent ceasefire, plus increased defense spending at the NATO summit.

He thanked U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for her work on the Supreme Court case that limited the power of individual judges to block his agenda, saying “she’s going to go down as a great attorney general.”

“We’ve had tremendous wins,” he said. “But this was a tremendous win today.”

Asked if he would demand during expected talks with Iran that the International Atomic Energy Agency or some other organization be authorized to conduct inspections, Trump responded the Islamic republic would have to cooperate with the group “or somebody that we respect, including ourselves.”

The president was asked a question by a reporter from LindellTV, a news organization founded by Mike Lindell, a conspiracy theorist and founder of MyPillow, about whether he would like to see a Justice Department probe of the judges whose rulings allowed criminal cases and other court cases to proceed against him while he was out of office.

“I love you,” Trump said in response to the question. He then went on and added, “I hope so.”

The president previously said he wanted his tax-and-spending agenda approved by Congress before July 4. But he sounded more flexible Friday.

“It can go longer,” he said.

On Thursday, the Senate parliamentarian said procedural legislative rules mean Republicans need to rework part of the president’s legislative agenda.

“I disagree with the parliamentarian on some things. On other ways, he’s been fine,” Trump said.

The position is actually held by a woman, Elizabeth McDonough. Some Republicans have called for her firing.

Trump also praised Democratic Sen. John Fetterman during the press conference.

The president made the comment about the Pennsylvania senator when musing about whether he could win any Democratic votes for his legislative agenda.

“Maybe Fetterman,” he said. “Because he seems to be the most sensible one lately.”

In regard to a meeting with Iran, the president didn’t directly address what type of meeting he would like to see. But reflecting on the past days that included U.S. strikes on Iran and his trip to a NATO summit in Europe, he said, “Been a hell of a week, hasn’t it?”

The president, in response to a question about the looming deadline of his tariff rates, said the administration will send out a letter to countries over the next week or so telling them what they’ll have to pay.

“Some will be disappointed because they’re going to have to pay tariffs,” he said without offering more details.

In speaking about Friday’s Supreme Court decision, Vice President JD Vance said the justices were “smacking down the ridiculous process of nationwide injunctions.”

He also shared a post from conservative commentator Sean Davis, who said the court was “nuking universal injunctions,” which liberals have sought from district judges to slow down Trump’s agenda.