Peter Doocy Asks Karoline Leavitt If Trump Wishes 'He Would Have Just Become A Judge' After Tariffs Struck Down

At her press briefing, Peter Doocy jokingly asked Karoline Leavitt about President Trump's professional goals after courts struck down his tariffs.

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00:00continue with these negotiations. Peter.

00:02Thank you, Caroline. So many of the President's plans right now are being blocked by courts.

00:08If the courts are going to be the ones who are shaping policy, does the President wish he would

00:14have just become a judge instead? I think the President would take this job over being a judge,

00:19and certainly the President is acting within his authority. He wishes judges would do the same.

00:23So the courts are basically telling you guys, they think that the White House's policies,

00:27the President's policies are in some way against the law. So why can't President Trump ask the

00:33Republicans that control the House and the Republicans that control the Senate just to

00:38make a new law? Well, these laws have already been granted to the President by the Constitution

00:44and by laws that have been previously passed. I'll give you another example. For instance,

00:48we've been blocked in court for the revocation of visas from individuals who have the privilege

00:54of studying in the United States of America. Secretary of State Rubio has simply used his

01:00authority to revoke those visas, to revoke that privilege, and we've seen the courts try to block

01:05that. So if these judges want to be the Secretary of State or they want to be the President,

01:08they can run for office themselves. It should be the other way around. But all of the actions

01:12the President has taken rely on legal authorities that have already been granted to him by our nation's

01:17existing laws. And on a different topic,

01:19there's