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Trump regrets appointing three Supreme Court justices

Former president said his picks have voted against him too often.

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Trump regrets appointing three Supreme Court justices

What this story says

  • Donald Trump said he regrets nominating Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh.
  • Trump stated the three justices have voted against him in recent rulings.
  • The remarks were made in an interview with Time magazine.
  • Trump suggested he expected judges he appointed to be loyal to him.

Who covered it

Left 38%(3)Centre 62%(5)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 15 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

62/100

Craft

67/100

Hype

15/100

15 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Donald Trump has said he regrets nominating three Supreme Court justices: Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh. In an interview with Time magazine, Trump stated that these justices have voted against him in recent rulings. He also indicated that he expected judges he appointed to be loyal to him.

Trump contrasted his appointees with justices appointed by Democratic presidents, suggesting that those appointed by Democrats show greater loyalty to the presidents who appointed them. He implied that his own appointees have not demonstrated the same level of loyalty.

Coverage comparison

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated or centre-rated reports mention that Donald Trump hinted he expects judges he appointed to be loyal to him. The digests also do not include Trump's contrast between his appointees and Democratic-appointed justices, stating the latter show greater loyalty to the presidents who appointed them.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 1 Oct 2026, 16:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

3 rated outlets

  • Left-rated reports led on Donald Trump's regret over appointing Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh. These reports highlighted Trump's statement that the justices have voted against him too often. Some left-rated reports also included Trump's comparison of his appointees with those appointed by Democrats, noting his assertion that his picks lack loyalty while Democratic appointees show more.

Centre

5 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports focused on Donald Trump's frustration with his Supreme Court picks, specifically mentioning his regret over nominating Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh. These reports noted Trump's complaint that the justices have voted against his policies and his suggestion that they lack loyalty. One centre-rated report quoted Trump stating, “Yeah. What can I do? I put them in. They voted against me too often. I was very, I gave them the position of…”

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump regrets appointing three Supreme Court justices?
Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 38% are rated left, 62% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 15. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump regrets appointing three Supreme Court justices left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Trump regrets appointing three Supreme Court justices biased?
Trump regrets appointing three Supreme Court justices is one event reported by 15 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Trump regrets appointing three Supreme Court justices?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Trump regrets appointing three Supreme Court justices?
15 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Donald Trump say he regrets?
Donald Trump said he regrets nominating three Supreme Court justices: Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Brett Kavanaugh. He stated in an interview with Time magazine that these justices have voted against him in recent rulings.
Why does Trump regret appointing these justices?
Trump stated that the three justices he appointed have voted against him too often in recent rulings. He also suggested that he expected judges he appointed to be loyal to him, implying a lack of loyalty from his Supreme Court picks.
Did Trump compare his appointees to others?
Yes, Trump contrasted his Supreme Court appointees with justices appointed by Democratic presidents. He suggested that Democratic-appointed justices show greater loyalty to the presidents who put them in office, implying his own appointees do not.

Read it at the source

15 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

3

Centre

5

Right

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Not rated

7

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