ByMICHELLE L. PRICE 
Saturday, February 21, 2026 4:58PM
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Saturday that helium was raising the planetary tariff helium wants to enforce to 15%, up from 10% helium had announced a time earlier.
Trump said successful a societal media station connected that helium was making the determination "Based connected a thorough, detailed, and implicit reappraisal of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American determination connected Tariffs issued yesterday," by the U.S. Supreme Court.
After the tribunal ruled helium didn't person the exigency powerfulness to impost galore sweeping tariffs, Trump signed an enforcement bid connected Friday nighttime that enabled him to bypass Congress and enforce a 10% taxation connected imports from astir the world. The drawback is that those tariffs would beryllium constricted to conscionable 150 days, unless they are extended legislatively.
Trump's station importantly ratcheting up a planetary taxation connected imports to the U.S. yet again was the latest motion that contempt the court's check, the Republican president was intent connected continuing to wield successful an unpredictable mode his favourite instrumentality to for the system and to use planetary pressure. Trump's shifting announcements implicit the past twelvemonth that helium was raising and sometimes lowering tariffs with small announcement jolted markets and rattled nations.
Under the bid Trump signed Friday night, the 10% tariff was scheduled to instrumentality effect starting Feb. 24. The White House did not instantly respond to a connection inquiring erstwhile the president would motion an updated order.
In summation to the impermanent tariffs that Trump wants to acceptable astatine 15%, the president said Friday that helium was besides pursuing tariffs done different sections of national instrumentality which necessitate an probe by the Commerce Department.
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