White House Falls Apart And Disagrees With Trump That Muslim Executive Order Is A Ban

Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:54 pm

The White House has been consumed by chaos as Press Secretary Sean Spicer claimed that the Muslim Executive Order isn’t a ban in direct contrast to what President Trump tweeted yesterday.

On Monday, Trump tweeted:

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Here is Sean Spicer at White House daily briefing saying the opposite:

Spicer said, “This isn’t about refugees. This is about travelers, so that’s what this is about.”

The chaos of the situation is all being driven by the incompetence of the President and his administration. The President is calling his Executive Order a Muslim ban. His press secretary is standing in front of reporters and claiming that it isn’t a ban.

This is not a functional White House. It is an executive branch being run by amateurs who are disregarding experts and the Constitution while making it up on the fly.

The Trump White House is already teetering under the weight of its own dysfunction.

They haven’t been in charge for two full weeks yet, and already Trump is driving the executive branch of our government straight into the ground.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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