あちらの人の方が（比較の問題だが）ひどすぎるので、こちらのあの方はうれしいかと思うと逆で、何だかこのごろとても顔色が悪いように思う。
John のJournalに皮肉たっぷりに「何てったてこの国にはAlternative Factってのがあるから・・・」と。バレバレの 嘘をAlternative Factという人が大統領の執務室にいることほど驚くべきことはあまりない。
今日は、米国憲法に違反する疑いのある大統領令を執行しないよう部下に命令した女性のActing司法長官を解雇した。
Read the full White House statement on Sally Yates
JANUARY 31, 2017
The White House has fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a Democratic appointee, after she directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend President Donald Trump’s controversial executive refugee and immigration ban.
The following is the full White House statement:
“The acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. This order was approved as to form and legality by the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel. Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration. It is time to get serious about protecting our country. Calling for tougher vetting for individuals travelling from seven dangerous places is not extreme. It is reasonable and necessary to protect our country.
これには、「めったなことで口出しはしない」と言っていた”元”大統領オバマさんも反論した。でも、米国では頑なに彼を支持する人がいるのだ。
Obama rejects that Trump based plan on his policy
Former president Barack Obama rejected the idea Monday that President Donald Trump had based his immigration executive order on a policy adopted by his own administration, and endorsed the protests that have been taking place across the country in response to the new restrictions.
Obama, who has remained publicly silent about his successor since leaving office a week-and-a-half ago, pledged before leaving office to only speak about Trump’s policy moves ‘‘where I think our core values may be at stake.’’ On Monday his spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a statement, ‘‘With regard to comparisons to President Obama’s foreign policy decisions, as we’ve heard before, the President fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion.’’
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