Trump Wants To Fire 3 Supreme Court Justices

President Donald Trump said he now regrets choosing three of his own Supreme Court nominees after they joined decisions that blocked or limited several major parts of his agenda.

In a Time magazine interview published Thursday, Trump was asked directly whether he wished he had made different choices when selecting Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

His answer was immediate: yes.

Trump said the three justices had voted against him too frequently, despite receiving lifetime appointments from his administration. He also pointed out that they have supported him in some cases, but said their decisions have increasingly frustrated him.

The president was also asked whether he expected personal loyalty from the justices he appointed. Trump said that was not what he wanted, emphasizing that he wanted what he considered good decisions for the country.

His comments come after several high-profile Supreme Court rulings went against his administration.

Earlier this year, the court rejected Trump’s use of emergency economic powers to impose sweeping tariffs. The 6-3 ruling included Gorsuch and Barrett among the justices in the majority, while Kavanaugh dissented.

The justices have also split over Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship. In June, the Supreme Court ruled against the administration’s executive order. Barrett joined the majority, while Kavanaugh agreed with the result on separate grounds. Gorsuch joined the dissenting justices.

Trump has been particularly outspoken about the court since a September ruling involving his administration’s proposed restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections.

After that decision, Trump criticized the justices he had appointed and argued that they were no longer behaving as he expected when he selected them. Kavanaugh participated in the court’s decision, while Gorsuch and Barrett did not dissent.

The president’s frustration highlights a broader reality of Supreme Court appointments: justices receive lifetime seats and are not required to support the president who nominated them. Trump’s three appointments helped create the court’s current 6-3 conservative majority, but their votes have not consistently aligned with the administration on every major case.

For Trump, the issue has become especially significant as the court continues to consider disputes involving his administration’s policies on voting, immigration, presidential authority and economic policy.

His latest remarks make clear that he remains dissatisfied with several decisions from the justices he personally selected, even as he maintains that his priority is the outcome of their rulings rather than personal allegiance.