Trump took to Twitter this morning to publicly deride the DOJ for not sticking with the original travel ban and instead submitting the “watered down” version to the Supreme Court:
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 don’t understand this. The Trump administration kicked the old travel ban to the curb and wrote a newer version of the travel ban back in early March. It was signed by the president and then publicly unveiled with speeches by Tillerson, Kelly, and Sessions.
Why wouldn’t the DOJ submit that one to the Supreme Court?
Look I’ve had no issues with either travel ban and believe the president has all the authority he needs to implement either one. But this public derision of the DOJ justs feels weird. It’s his DOJ, so shouldn’t they do what he wants them to do? Why is there a need for him to call them out so publicly? And even if there is ‘dissent’ in his administration, why air that dirty laundry on Twitter?
I just don’t get it.