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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawfare blog on DT's executive order: "Malevolence tempered by incompetence."
https://lawfareblog.com/malevolence-tempered-incompetence-trumps-horrifying-executive-order-refugees-and-visasThe malevolence of President Trumps Executive Order on visas and refugees is mitigated chieflyand perhaps onlyby the astonishing incompetence of its drafting and construction.
NBC is reporting that the document was not reviewed by DHS, the Justice Department, the State Department, or the Department of Defense, and that National Security Council lawyers were prevented from evaluating it. Moreover, the New York Times writes that Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services, the agencies tasked with carrying out the policy, were only given a briefing call while Trump was actually signing the order itself. Yesterday, the Department of Justice gave a no comment when asked whether the Office of Legal Counsel had reviewed Trumps executive ordersincluding the order at hand. (OLC normally reviews every executive order.)
This order reads to me, frankly, as though it was not reviewed by competent counsel at all.
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Lawfare blog on DT's executive order: "Malevolence tempered by incompetence." (Original Post)
pnwmom
Jan 2017
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. Recommended:
Trump is in such a hurry to show that he is a strong leader that all normal protocols are ignored. And the more ignorant of his followers will cheer his deplorable actions.
Like Trump's business career, this order gives the appearance of accomplishment while showing what an incompetent idiot he is.
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)2. And.......
his ignorant followers are cheering the actions that show how ignorant he really is about how to do his job!
The F**KNUTS is clueless!!!!!!!!!!
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)3. But it is the appearance of being a strong leader.
Trump is all about appearances. And yes, the "Amerikka first" crowd will love their strong leader who is standing up for white Amerikka.