President Trump, at his first post-election rally in Michigan, tore into the federal judges who have worked to thwart his agenda.
“We cannot allow a handful of communist, radical left judges to obstruct the enforcement of our laws and assume the duties that belong solely to the President of the United States,” he told the crowd at the Tuesday rally. “Judges are trying to take away the power given to the president to keep our country safe, and it’s not a good thing.”
Mr. Trump said that he believed the Supreme Court would overrule the lower court rulings.
“These people are just looking to destroy our country,” Mr. Trump said of the federal judges. “Nothing will stop me and the mission to keep America safe again.”
Since taking office, Mr. Trump has escalated his fight with members of the judiciary. His administration has defied a court order to return a Maryland man who was deported to an El Salvador prison and arrested a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant evade arrest by federal agents.
Mr. Trump has also called for the impeachment of a federal judge who ordered the administration not to deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. The president’s criticism of the judiciary drew a sharp rebuke from Chief Justice John Roberts.
