Remarkably, Trump did not bother even to read the article
Meanwhile Trump is using Twitter to appeal the court’s ruling.
Yesterday, right after the ruling:
SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2017
This morning:
LAWFARE: "Remarkably, in the entire opinion, the panel did not bother even to cite this (the) statute." A disgraceful decision!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2017
Och the puir wee bairn – he didn’t understand the thing he quoted. Elliott Lusztig elucidates:
The LAWFARE article Trump tweeted a few minutes ago ends with this line. Are there any adult professionals working in the WH today? pic.twitter.com/oQeT20rhTR
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) February 10, 2017
Seriously: The LAWFARE article he cites here ends by taking a swipe at "the incompetent malevolence with which this order was promulgated." https://t.co/lBCEmfCejl
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) February 10, 2017
Not to mention that the passage he cites here is being badly misunderstood. It's not even a reference to the merits of the order. https://t.co/lBCEmfCejl
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) February 10, 2017
OMG: He saw it on TV. And quoted it out of context. Because it was too much work to actually read the fucking article. Which is quite short. https://t.co/MfTxfAUJQd
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) February 10, 2017
Seriously there is a level of incompetence to this which is shocking in a man with the power to destroy the world. Holy cow. https://t.co/dnA7btBZ8t
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) February 10, 2017
Yes. Yes it is. It has been all along, and that only gets clearer every hour. He is not in any way competent to do this job.
People are saying it's minor stuff but it's not minor when a POTUS can't work out something this simple. That's actually very worrying. pic.twitter.com/KPqfpHRwkz
— Elliott Lusztig (@ezlusztig) February 10, 2017
He retweeted this one by Benjamin Wittes who wrote the piece Trump failed to understand:
You decide whether the POTUS is quoting me in context. Here's the article. For the record, I support the decision: https://t.co/MN3DUZDbXm https://t.co/FLagCBkAWr
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) February 10, 2017
Then Donnie got a Times article wrong and tweeted that…
He’s the best at understanding things.
Ah. So sometimes he grabs, but if it comes to grasping things, well …