Trump not in favour of expanding U.S. Supreme Court

President Donald Trump on Tuesday flatly ruled out the idea of expanding the U.S. Supreme Court as proposed by some 2020 presidential contenders, saying Democrats only wanted to boost the number of justices to "catch up" with conservatives.

"I wouldn't entertain that. The only reason they're doing that is they want to try to catch up, so if they can't catch up through the ballot box by winning an election they want to try doing it in a different way," Trump told a news conference.

"No, we would have no interest in that whatsoever. It'll never happen. ... I guarantee it won't happen for six years," Trump said.

(With inputs from agencies.)