Donald Trump's most bone-chilling tweet

[Machiavelli]

Dean Obeidallah
CNN
February 4, 2017

On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump may have unleashed his most bone-chilling tweet -- at least to those who believe the United States should not become a Trump-led dictatorship. And I don't make that comment simply to be provocative or without giving it a great deal of thought. Our democracy is far more fragile than some might grasp and Trump is engaging in a concerned effort to undermine the workings of it.

Here is Trump's truly jaw-dropping tweet from Saturday morning: "The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!"

Why is this so concerning? It's OK to argue about whether the judge should or shouldn't have issued this order. But Trump is apparently attempting to delegitimize our federal judiciary by calling Judge James Robart, a George W. Bush-appointed judge, a "so-called" judge while arguing that his decision is "ridiculous."

Let's be blunt, because the stakes demand it: An independent federal judiciary is our last, best hope at preventing Trump from violating the US Constitution and illegally grabbing power. And Trump has to understand that, hence his attempt to undermine it.

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[Wingnut]

Born in the great State of New Jersey, Dean's comedy comes in large part from his unique background of being the son of a Palestinian father and a Sicilian mother. Dean, an award winning comedian who was at one time a practicing attorney.

A Half assed attorney and a comedian?   

[XenaLee]

Ehh.....

hyperbole much? 

Commie News Network is going full steam these days.  Somebody should do a poll here to see how many actually think that tweet qualifies as ""bone-chilling". 

[Bigun]

Ehh.....

hyperbole much? 

Commie News Network is going full steam these days.  Somebody should do a poll here to see how many actually think that tweet qualifies as ""bone-chilling".

I have been on a personal crusade against these headline writers for quite awhile now!  Welcome to the party!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Ehh.....

hyperbole much? 

Commie News Network is going full steam these days.  Somebody should do a poll here to see how many actually think that tweet qualifies as ""bone-chilling".

   @XenaLee

[andy58-in-nh]

And yet somehow, when Barack Obama announced to the world that he "had a phone and a pen", the bones of those same news people were not chilled in the slightest, but rather: their hearts were warmed. 

[mountaineer]

And yet somehow, when Barack Obama announced to the world that he "had a phone and a pen", the bones of those same news people were not chilled in the slightest, but rather: their hearts were warmed.

Good point. Obama, that constitutional scholar, assumed all the power to enact law and Congress be damned! It wasn't right when he did it, and it wouldn't be right if Trump did it. Heaven forbid these editorialists actually be consistent in their criticism, though.

[mountaineer]

Ed Whelan ‏@EdWhelanEPPC 5h5 hours ago

Hint to Left: If you really oppose attacks on a "so-called judge," don't talk crazy about "stolen seat," "illegitimate" nomination.

[EasyAce]

Good point. Obama, that constitutional scholar, assumed all the power to enact law and Congress be damned! It wasn't right when he did it, and it wouldn't be right if Trump did it. Heaven forbid these editorialists actually be consistent in their criticism, though.

Asking for consistency among some editorialists and their headline writers* is like asking for
restraint when a barracuda decides it's dinner time.

(* - Always be wary of headlines. Headline writers are notorious for attaching headlines
to articles or columns that aren't always the most accurate summary of what the article or
column actually says. I know, because I was victimised by such headline writing when I was
a small city/regional newspaper reporter in the late 1980s/early 1990s. I'd see a headline
attached to one of my stories when the paper came out each afternoon and I wouldn't
recognise the story until I actually re-read it.)

[mountaineer]

(* - Always be wary of headlines. Headline writers are notorious for attaching headlines
to articles or columns that aren't always the most accurate summary of what the article or
column actually says. I know, because I was victimised by such headline writing when I was
a small city/regional newspaper reporter in the late 1980s/early 1990s. I'd see a headline
attached to one of my stories when the paper came out each afternoon and I wouldn't
recognise the story until I actually re-read it.)

Thankfully, I can write my own headlines at the two-person newspaper operation for which I currently work.  ^-^

[EasyAce]

Thankfully, I can write my own headlines at the two-person newspaper operation for which I currently work.  ^-^

Oh boy did you get lucky!

[Wingnut]

Thankfully, I can write my own headlines at the two-person newspaper operation for which I currently work.  ^-^

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