Trump Regrets Nominating His Three Supreme Court Justices

President Trump said he regrets nominating Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. He made the statement in a Monday Oval Office interview published Thursday by Time magazine.

• "Yeah. Yeah," Trump said when asked directly if he regretted nominating them.
• 6-3: the margin in February when the court struck down his global tariffs.
• Gorsuch and Barrett were both in the majority in that tariffs ruling.
• The court also blocked a Postal Service rule restricting mail-in ballot use.

Why it matters: Trump appointed all three during his first term, building a 6-3 conservative majority. That majority handed conservatives wins on abortion, affirmative action, and gun rights before diverging from him on tariffs and immigration.

• His three nominees now sometimes vote to limit his executive power.
• Trump said publicly he admires the liberal justices' "loyalty" to Democratic appointees.

How 19 sources split on this story

Where they split: The factual dispute is narrow; the disagreement is whether Trump's stated desire for "loyalty" represents a normal political grievance or an improper demand that justices subordinate legal rulings to presidential preference.

What’s next: Trump told Time he wants "good decisions," not loyalty, from justices.

• No court vacancies are reported as imminent in source coverage.
• Would Trump apply an explicit loyalty test to any future Supreme Court nominee?
• How, if at all, will the three justices respond publicly to the president's remarks?