Trump Escalates His Feud With Roberts Over ‘Obama Judges’ Rebuke

  • President issues fresh tweet calling out Supreme Court leader
  • Roberts had issued rare statement rejecting Trump criticism

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump isn’t letting up in his spat with Chief Justice John Roberts, making a fresh claim Thursday that judges are threatening national security, after the Supreme Court’s leader issued an unusual rebuke.

In a Thanksgiving day tweet that began, “Justice Roberts can say what he wants,” Trump renewed his attacks on a federal appeals court that could decide the fate of a White House effort to curb migrants’ asylum claims. By again invoking Roberts, Trump escalated a dispute with the man likely to cast pivotal votes on the president’s priorities over the next two years.