Dementia or flat-out lying? Or both? [View all]
Trump is now claiming that he didn't sign the executive order invoking the Alien Enemies Act and doesn't know who did, but it appears in the Federal Register with his signature.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/politics/trump-signature-alien-enemies-act-proclamation/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc
"President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadnt signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administrations move.
I dont know when it was signed, because I didnt sign it, Trump told reporters before leaving the White House on Friday evening.
The president made his comments when asked to respond to Judge James Boasbergs concerns in court on Friday that the proclamation was signed in the dark of night and that migrants were hurried onto planes.
We want to get criminals out of our country, number one, and I dont know when it was signed, because I didnt sign it, Trump said. Other people handled it, but (Secretary of State) Marco Rubio has done a great job and he wanted them out and we go along with that. We want to get criminals out of our country.
The proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act appears in the Federal Register with Trumps signature at the bottom."...(more, including the White House's ludicrous walk-back, at link)