Daily Mail News
By ELINA SHIRAZI, US SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER
Published: 11:09 EST, 20 February 2026 | Updated: 15:27 EST, 20 February 2026
At the White House briefing this afternoon, President Trump told a sea of reporters that he could ‘destroy a country’ but is ‘not allowed to charge them a little fee.’
Facing a packed briefing room, the President appeared visibly incensed by recent judicial roadblocks to his economic agenda after the Supreme Court struck down his sweeping worldwide tax.