Trump fires warning shot at SCOTUS as major citizenship showdown looms: ‘It will be a disaster’

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President Donald Trump blasted the Supreme Court on Thursday as justices prepare to decide a major birthright citizenship case, predicting the court may rule against his effort to restrict automatic citizenship for some children born in the U.S. "It would be a disgrace if the Supreme Court of the United States allows that to happen. Remember what I said ,20 to 25% of the people coming into our country will come in through birthright citizenship," said Trump. "They'll become citizens through birthright citizenship, and it will cost us numbers that are I don't even think they're doable." The case centers on Trump’s January 2025 executive order seeking to limit automatic citizenship for some children born in the U.S., a move that has triggered a major constitutional fight. Trump sat in on oral arguments in April as Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson questioned whether the president’s executive order complies with the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment. The visit marked the first known time a sitting president attended oral arguments at the Supreme Court. SUPREME COURT'S SHOWDOWN ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP DECISION COULD RESHAPE AMERICA Barrett warned at the time that investigating citizenship would create chaos, while Jackson asked, "Are we bringing pregnant women in for depositions?" Trump predicted on Thursday that the court will rule against him, noting he is "not happy" with recent rulings, pointing to the recent tariff decision he said will cost the U.S. $149 billion. "This decision by the Supreme Court is a very big one. They'll probably rule against me because they seem to like doing that," said Trump. "You know, frankly, I'm not happy with some of the decisions." The administration has argued that birthright citizenship has created incentives for illegal immigration and has been exploited by so-called "birth tourism" operations, in which foreign nationals travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children c…