On April 1, President Donald Trump expressed his grievances on his Truth Social App after things didn’t quite go his way after attending oral arguments at the Supreme Court in a case surrounding his executive order to end birthright citizenship, calling the United States “stupid,” ABC News reports.
“We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow ‘Birthright’ Citizenship!” he wrote.
But he is wrong. Data from the Pew Research Center found that 32 other countries, mostly in the Western Hemisphere, have similar laws in place that guarantee citizenship to children born in the country.
Trump’s thoughts came after he appeared at the high court to hear arguments from Solicitor General John Sauer, who presented on behalf of the government. While cameras were not permitted in the courtroom, reports reveal that Trump wore a red tie and blue suit and sat in the front row of the public gallery with White House Counsel David Warrington, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
He seemed to be attentive and expressionless as his historic presence—the first sitting president to sit in on Supreme Court hearings—in the chamber was not publicly announced or acknowledged by any of the justices.
Several key justices seemed reluctant to upend birthright citizenship, which has long been understood to mean that almost anyone born on U.S. soil is automatically a citizen. The Trump administration argues that the principle has been misinterpreted. The administration is asking the justices to uphold his executive order, signed on day one of his second term, to eliminate birthright citizenship under an interpretation of the 14th Amendment and requiring parents to prove their legal status before citizenship is granted to their children.
Chief Justice John Roberts seemed unimpressed with. “The examples you give to support that strike me as very quirky,” Roberts said against the government, according to The Hill.
Outside of Truth Social, Trump expressed his shock in public after seemingly not getting his way from the people he put in position. “Republicans, judges and justices, they always wanna show that they’re independent. ‘I don’t care if Trump appointed me, I don’t care. It doesn’t make any difference to me. I’m voting against him.’ Cause they want to show their independence,” he said in a video posted to X.
“Stupid people.”
The final decision on birthright citizenship is expected by this summer.
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