This is a new first I believe. President Donald Trump is the first President to attack his own administration on Twitter. Apparently he was not happy with how the Justice Department was handling his Administration’s appeal of lower court decisions of his travel ban to the Supreme Court.
Early this morning he tweeted:
People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
The Justice Dept. should ask for an expedited hearing of the watered down Travel Ban before the Supreme Court – & seek much tougher version!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the U.S. in order to help keep our country safe. The courts are slow and political!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
I have to ask if Attorney General Jeff Sessions is so busy that he can’t take a phone call from the President. Has President Trump forgotten that he is in charge of the executive branch?
I disagree with the lower court decisions regarding the travel ban because the decisions are based on President Trump’s campaign rhetoric and a flawed application of the First Amendment. The constitution and federal law gives Trump broad powers over immigration and the borders. His travel ban, like it or not, is legal. The courts overreached.
That said what exactly does President Trump have to gain by attacking his own administration on Twitter? The only two things he accomplished is to look less presidential and give the appearance that he has lost control of his administration.