Trump press conference: I don’t know what the Supreme Court is going to do on tariffs

Administration officials handed out a packet to the press at the event on “365 Wins in 365 Days”.

This has started out with the usual greatest hits

• Sleepy Joe Biden
• Greatest stock market in the world
• Stolen election
• We could have 20% GDP growth
• Hottest country in the world

He went on a long rant about Somalia and Somalians. Trump called Somalia “not even a country” and “just about the worst in the world” but so far there is nothing newsworthy. I’ll update live.

On tariffs:

• I don’t know what the Supreme Court is going to do
• A tariff is like a licence
• It’s possible that if we lose the case, we’re going to have to do the best we can to pay it back
• We’re waiting for that case anxiously

More:

• Getting along with leadership in Venezuela
• Says he wants to work with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on her country’s future. Currently lieutenants of ousted president Nicolas Maduro are still leading the government
• Says the UN needs to continue
• The UK has two problems, immigration and energy
• I believe very strongly Norway controls the Nobel Peace Prize
• I settled eight wars
• I have lost a lot of respect for Norway
• Asked how far he is willing to go to acquire Greenland: Says ‘you’ll see’
• Doesn’t think he will have to go to Congress for tariff dividend checks
• We have a lot of meetings scheduled on Greenland in Davos
• Won’t go to G7 in Paris
• We will have to see what happens with Iran
• Asked about Panama Canal, said it was still ‘sortof’ on the table
• Something is going to happen (on Greenland) that is going to be good for everybody
• I think we will work something out where NATO is going to be very happy and we’re going to be very happy
• When I speak to Greenland, I’m sure they’ll be thrilled
• I think NATO’s been good

These final comments on Greenland could help the risk mood. He’s not talking about the breakout of NATO at least, even as European leaders are drawing red lines.

This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.