Trump Lashes Out at Judges in Rant Against Blizzard of Injunctions: ‘The Danger Is Unparalleled!’
President Donald Trump raged at Federal District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg and others over the blizzard of injunctions and rulings his administration has faced in a social media rant warning, “The danger is unparalleled!!!”
Trump’s “shock and awe” blitz began during his transition and has only escalated since then — producing legal challenges at an equally breakneck clip.
In just the past two weeks, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled against Trump in a case about stripping security clearances, Judge William Alsup ordered Trump to reinstate fired probationary federal employees, and Trump called for Boasberg’s impeachment after he temporarily ordered the Trump administration to stop deporting migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Those orders are among nearly 50 adverse rulings against Trump’s agenda so far, including at least 15 injunctions.
In a pair of Truth Social posts Thursday night, Trump railed against the challenges, and at Boasberg in particular for “usurping” him. Trump wrote:
Unlawful Nationwide Injunctions by Radical Left Judges could very well lead to the destruction of our Country! These people are Lunatics, who do not care, even a little bit, about the repercussions from their very dangerous and incorrect Decisions and Rulings. Lawyers endlessly search the United States for these Judges, and file lawsuits as quickly as they find them. It is then the obligation of Law abiding Agencies of Government to have these “Orders” overturned. The danger is unparalleled! These Judges want to assume the Powers of the Presidency, without having to attain 80 Million Votes. They want all of the advantages with none of the risks. Again, a President has to be allowed to act quickly and decisively about such matters as returning murderers, drug lords, rapists, and other such type criminals back to their Homeland, or to other locations that will allow our Country to be SAFE. It is our goal to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and such a high aspiration can never be done if Radical and Highly Partisan Judges are allowed to stand in the way of JUSTICE. STOP NATIONWIDE INJUNCTIONS NOW, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. If Justice Roberts and the United States Supreme Court do not fix this toxic and unprecedented situation IMMEDIATELY, our Country is in very serious trouble!
He then added:
Judge James Boasberg is doing everything in his power to usurp the Power of the Presidency. He is a local, unknown Judge, a Grandstander, looking for publicity, and it cannot be for any other reason, because his “Rulings” are so ridiculous, and inept. SAVE AMERICA!
Judge Boasberg was actually appointed to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by a Republican president in 2002 and promoted by then-President Barack Obama.
