President Trump decided to post a cryptic tweet that befuddled members of his administration and broke with his own Justice Department on the census citizenship question after he had some long chats with conservative friends on the phone, Trump’s favorite mode of communication.
The main target of his ire in those long phone calls? Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, according to the Washington Post. Trump reportedly thinks his Justice Department and Commerce Department backed down too easily and privately believes that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is out to get him.
Trump continued his phone calls on the Fourth of July, complaining to aides and friends about Ross. He reportedly told advisers that he intends to make the citizenship question issue the Trump administration’s top priority in the next several days.
“Fix this,” Trump has repeatedly told aides.
Read the Post’s full story here.
So the DOJ is supposed to tell SCOTUS “Our last reason for wanting the question wasn’t our REAL reason, heh, heh. Here is the real one. Seriously. We mean it. This time.”"
Sounds like a plan.
Do-overs. IOKIYAR.
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This is nothing like Watergate at all.
the abomination doesn’t believe he’s above the law, he believes he is the law. if Roberts were to back down we’re finished until the next revolution.