The DACA Defeat Still Belonged to Trump, No Matter How Hard He Tried to Spin It
The Supreme Court’s DACA ruling continued to haunt the administration on June 15 as Trump officials tried to keep the White House from absorbing the full political damage. The decision had blocked the effort to end the program in its chosen form, and the administration was left with the unhelpful task of pretending a major defeat was some kind of strategic pause. The bigger screwup was the same one that got Trump here in the first place: making immigration policy by blunt-force tweet and then hoping the courts would bless the mess.
The Supreme Court’s DACA ruling continued to haunt the administration on June 15 as Trump officials tried to keep the White House from absorbing the full political damage. The decision had blocked the effort to end the program in its chosen form, and the administration was left with the unhelpful task of pretending a major defeat was some kind of strategic pause. The bigger screwup was the same one that got Trump he…
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