President Donald Trump has been on one of his characteristic tweet-storms ever since the London terrorist attack on Saturday.
We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2017
Whatever the United States can do to help out in London and the U. K., we will be there – WE ARE WITH YOU. GOD BLESS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2017
We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people. If we don't get smart it will only get worse
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 4, 2017
At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is "no reason to be alarmed!"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 4, 2017
Do you notice we are not having a gun debate right now? That's because they used knives and a truck!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 4, 2017
People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
The Justice Dept. should ask for an expedited hearing of the watered down Travel Ban before the Supreme Court – & seek much tougher version!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the U.S. in order to help keep our country safe. The courts are slow and political!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2017
[salon_video id="14775494"]One could be forgiven for thinking that Trump is setting it up so that, if a terrorist attack occurs in the United States, he can blame the “politically correct” court system and all of his other perceived political opponents.
Because of his administrative incompetence, however, he should really blame himself.
There are dozens of key positions that need to be filled in order to effective fight Islamist terrorism but remain vacant, according to a report by Politico. In addition to not yet hiring a new FBI director, Trump also has yet to select a head for the Transportation Security Administration, an assistant attorney general for the national security division, a deputy for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a director of DNI’s National Counterterrorism Center or a head of the Homeland Security division that safeguards America’s physical and online infrastructure. There are also a number of State Department positions and ambassadorships that are still vacant, while Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to be confirmed by the Senate.
Perhaps most glaring among the vacancies right now is the slot for American ambassador to the United Kingdom. Even as the country is reeling from Saturday’s attacks, there is no top diplomat to speak for the United States. Although Trump said he would appoint New York Jets owner Robert “Woody” Johnson to the position, he has yet to formally submit Johnson’s name to the Senate.
