Trump pivoted on Ukraine — birthright citizenship could be next
President Trump might accuse Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of being “shifty,” but he has no shortage of head-spinning shifts himself.
In a speech at the United Nations last month, Trump reversed himself, saying that Ukraine could win back all its territory by military means. He also encouraged NATO allies to shoot down Russian aircraft if they entered its airspace.
No more pressuring Ukraine to give up land to strike a peace deal with Russia. He declared that with the support of Europe, Ukraine's army was “in a position to fight and win all of Ukraine back in its original form.”
There is reason to believe Trump may also be pivoting on his unconstitutional executive order limiting birthright citizenship. He has uniformly lost on the issue in lower federal courts.
On June 27, the Supreme Court, without deciding the dispute, limited the use of the nationwide injunction to enforce the plain meaning of the Constitution that those born "in the United States ... are citizens.”
Trump’s executive order, despite the high court ruling, has been throttled by lower court rulings depriving him of the “© The Hill
