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Mr. Trump: Stop tweeting and go back to bed

Press Secretary and Homeland Security Secretary insisted the revised order is 'not a travel ban'

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US President Donald Trump at a joint news conference at the White House in Washington

Richard A Friedman | NYT
It’s no secret that President Trump prefers tweeting over talking to the public — particularly when nearly everyone else in the country is fast asleep. Monday mornings are bad enough for everyone; pity the administration lawyers and aides who woke up today to find that their boss had undone months of their efforts to get his executive order barring travel to the United States from a number of Muslim-majority countries through the Supreme Court.

Both his press secretary and Homeland Security Secretary have insisted the revised order is “not a travel ban.” Early this morning, the president begged to differ.

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