Trump keeps pushing legal boundaries — and 10 other takeaways from Kirstjen Nielsen’s ouster
Posted on AllSides April 8th, 2019
From The Left
President Trump often demands legally dubious solutions to complex problems. When he’s denied, he blames others — including his own staff. That’s really the nub of why he’s pushing out Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
The 30-minute sit-down in the White House residence at 5 p.m. on Sunday wasn’t like the end of an episode of “The Apprentice.” It wasn’t televised in prime time, for one, and he didn’t dramatically say “You’re fired” at the end.
But it had the same effect. Just like the partial government shutdown he forced...
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