Donald Trump defends Amy Coney Barrett, asserting that she is still 'a very good woman'

President Donald Trump came to the defense of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett while speaking with reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday, March 9, as The Hill reported.

Barrett was one of the three conservative justices that Trump nominated to the Supreme Court during his first term in office.

Due to some of her recent opinions from the bench, s he was met with hostility from MAGA supporters when she voted against the current administration's attempt to halt nearly $2 billion in foreign aid.

A tweet on social media platform X shows Trump responding to being asked about Barrett on the bench.

Trump's Comments

On Sunday, while returning from Palm Beach to Washington, a reporter inquired whether Donald Trump regretted his appointment of Barrett to the Supreme Court in light of her subsequent rulings that were detrimental to his objectives.

"Your supporters are attacking SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett. You put her on the bench. They’re saying, 'She’s a DEI hire.' Do you regret putting her on the bench?” questioned the journalist.

However, the 78-year-old president stood by his choice, saying, "Look, she’s a very good woman. She’s very smart, and I don’t know about people attacking her, I really don’t know. I think she’s a very good woman. She’s very smart."

This is in spite of the fact that Justice Amy Coney Barrett has on a number of occasions supported her liberal colleagues on the Supreme Court bench since Trump appointed her in 2020.

Barrett's Rulings Against Trump

She voted to maintain a lower court's decision that the Trump administration was obligated to release the foreign aid due to its connection to existing USAID contracts.

She also opposed Trump's request to promptly terminate the head of the Office of Special Counsel.

Barrett, in keeping with progressive members of the bench, voted against dismissing the sentencing of Trump in the New York hush money trial of 2024 at the beginning of 2025.

However, she did agree with providing Trump sweeping presidential immunity, but stated nonetheless in her ruling, "A president facing prosecution may challenge the constitutionality of a criminal statute as applied to official acts alleged in the indictment. If that challenge fails, however, he must stand trial."