Kate Leinbaugh

Obviously, I think the administration would take issue with that assessment. Aaron pointed to what a lot of people see as a red line, which is a defiance of a court ruling, particularly a Supreme Court ruling. And Trump has repeatedly said that this is not something he would do, that he respects the courts, that his administration is going to abide by the courts.

Obviously, I think the administration would take issue with that assessment. Aaron pointed to what a lot of people see as a red line, which is a defiance of a court ruling, particularly a Supreme Court ruling. And Trump has repeatedly said that this is not something he would do, that he respects the courts, that his administration is going to abide by the courts.

At the same time, you know, he did an interview this week with ABC News where he was asked about This man who the administration has acknowledged it mistakenly deported to El Salvador and courts have ordered the administration to bring him back. And the administration has basically said, well, we'd let him in if he came back, but we don't have any control over the Salvadoran government.

At the same time, you know, he did an interview this week with ABC News where he was asked about This man who the administration has acknowledged it mistakenly deported to El Salvador and courts have ordered the administration to bring him back. And the administration has basically said, well, we'd let him in if he came back, but we don't have any control over the Salvadoran government.

At the same time, you know, he did an interview this week with ABC News where he was asked about This man who the administration has acknowledged it mistakenly deported to El Salvador and courts have ordered the administration to bring him back. And the administration has basically said, well, we'd let him in if he came back, but we don't have any control over the Salvadoran government.

He was asked, couldn't you solve this in a phone call? Couldn't you call your friend who runs El Salvador and just tell him to send the guy back? And he said, yeah, I could, but I don't want to.

He was asked, couldn't you solve this in a phone call? Couldn't you call your friend who runs El Salvador and just tell him to send the guy back? And he said, yeah, I could, but I don't want to.

He was asked, couldn't you solve this in a phone call? Couldn't you call your friend who runs El Salvador and just tell him to send the guy back? And he said, yeah, I could, but I don't want to.

And so here's what seems to me like an important confrontation between the executive and judicial branches because it is testing the question of whether a judge can tell the president to do something he doesn't want to do. And the president is basically saying, I could do this, but I don't want to, even if a judge tells me I have to.

And so here's what seems to me like an important confrontation between the executive and judicial branches because it is testing the question of whether a judge can tell the president to do something he doesn't want to do. And the president is basically saying, I could do this, but I don't want to, even if a judge tells me I have to.

And so here's what seems to me like an important confrontation between the executive and judicial branches because it is testing the question of whether a judge can tell the president to do something he doesn't want to do. And the president is basically saying, I could do this, but I don't want to, even if a judge tells me I have to.

You also have now several court cases pending with the Supreme Court that could be decisive. And we'll see how the administration reacts when and if they get adverse rulings there. I think all of these are potentially important in this discussion.

You also have now several court cases pending with the Supreme Court that could be decisive. And we'll see how the administration reacts when and if they get adverse rulings there. I think all of these are potentially important in this discussion.

You also have now several court cases pending with the Supreme Court that could be decisive. And we'll see how the administration reacts when and if they get adverse rulings there. I think all of these are potentially important in this discussion.

Yeah. So I wrote an article recently about Trump seeming to retreat in small ways on some of these fronts. Obviously, the big tariffs are still on pause as they say they're negotiating all of these deals. That's something that the president has acknowledged he did in part because of pressure from the markets.

Yeah. So I wrote an article recently about Trump seeming to retreat in small ways on some of these fronts. Obviously, the big tariffs are still on pause as they say they're negotiating all of these deals. That's something that the president has acknowledged he did in part because of pressure from the markets.

Yeah. So I wrote an article recently about Trump seeming to retreat in small ways on some of these fronts. Obviously, the big tariffs are still on pause as they say they're negotiating all of these deals. That's something that the president has acknowledged he did in part because of pressure from the markets.

We have the administration saying if they don't get the deal they've proposed with Ukraine, that they could just walk away from the whole conflict. That, to me, seems like a real reversal from these very definitive promises that Trump made to solve this conflict, although it also could be a negotiating tactic.

We have the administration saying if they don't get the deal they've proposed with Ukraine, that they could just walk away from the whole conflict. That, to me, seems like a real reversal from these very definitive promises that Trump made to solve this conflict, although it also could be a negotiating tactic.

We have the administration saying if they don't get the deal they've proposed with Ukraine, that they could just walk away from the whole conflict. That, to me, seems like a real reversal from these very definitive promises that Trump made to solve this conflict, although it also could be a negotiating tactic.