Trump Practically Begs Judges to Keep KO’ing His New Travel Ban

Undiluted Disaster

Just after a judge ruled that the new travel ban went too far, Trump mused that he should ‘go all the way, which is what I wanted to do in the first place.’

Former Political Reporter

Published Mar. 15 2017 10:16PM EDT

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The biggest problem for President Donald Trump’s travel ban is President Donald Trump.

That became excruciatingly evident when he gave a stream-of-consciousness reaction to an overflow crowd in Nashville at a campaign-style rally Wednesday night after a federal judge in Hawaii blocked implementation of his new ban nationwide and just hours...

Betsy Swan

Former Political Reporter

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Trump Practically Begs Judges to Keep KO’ing His New Travel Ban

Just after a judge ruled that the new travel ban went too far, Trump mused that he should ‘go all the way, which is what I wanted to do in the first place.’

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