Trump Says ‘We Ought To Go Back To The First’ Travel Ban Order (VIDEO)

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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After a federal judge in Hawaii put on hold President Donald Trump’s revised executive order barring travel from a list of predominantly Muslim countries, Trump complained at a rally in Nashville, Tennessee, that he did not want the “watered-down” version of the order.

“Remember this, I wasn’t thrilled that the lawyers all said, ‘Oh, let’s tailor it.’ This is a watered-down version of the first one,” he told the crowd. “This is a watered down version, and let me tell you something. I think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way, which is what I wanted to do in the first place.”

Trump vowed to defend his order.

“This ruling makes us look weak. Which by the way, we no longer are, believe me. Just look at our borders. We are going to fight this terrible rule,” he said at the rally.

Watch part of Trump’s speech via CNN:

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  1. Nor the day after that or the day after that
    The Mango Mussolini’s own words coming back to haunt him
    Racist POS
    America is better than you

  2. At least he is not taking us to war in Syria, the way Hillary would have…

  3. Then, motherfucker, you should have appealed the ruling of the 9th Circuit to the Supreme Court instead of “listening to lawyers.”

    This isn’t one of your fucking golf games. No Mulligans.

  4. “I think we ought to go back to the first one”

    Prima facie contempt of court.

    Dude should just stick to making the trains run on time.

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