Turns Twitter Fury on Own Presidential Decisions

by Justin Sink and Terrence Dopp
June 5, 2017, 2:48 PM EDT
June 5, 2017, 5:05 PM EDT

... On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court ruling that halted the revised travel restrictions. Trump tweeted Monday that the Justice Department “should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version” submitted to the Supreme Court. He added that his administration should seek a “much tougher version.”

But it was the president himself who signed an executive order replacing his original ban. The revised travel ban, set to take effect on March 16 before it was blocked by a court, dropped Iraq from the list of covered countries, removed a provision exempting religious minorities from the ban and made clear it doesn’t apply to legal permanent U.S. residents, also known as “green card” holders ...

Of the 559 positions in the federal government that require Senate confirmation, just 39 people have been confirmed, and Trump hasn’t nominated anyone to fill 442 of them, according to a list compiled by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service. Another 63 have been nominated and 15 are awaiting paperwork to be processed for a formal nomination.

Yet Trump apparently blames Democrats for the delay. “They are nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS!” Trump said on Twitter, adding that he wanted "approvals" ...

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-05/trump-turns-his-twitter-fury-on-his-own-presidential-decisions