'I wasn't served well': Trump blasts judge he appointed for blocking Portland troop deployment

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump lashed out on Sunday, October 5, at US District Judge Karin Immergut. He criticized the very judge his administration appointed after she issued a restraining order blocking his plan to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon.

Speaking to reporters before departing for Norfolk, Virginia, to mark the US Navy’s 250th anniversary, Trump vented over the ruling that halted his efforts.

"Portland is burning to the ground," Trump said. "It’s insurrectionists all over the place. It's Antifa and yet the politicians who are petrified... The place is burning down and they pretend like there’s nothing happening. So, we'll take a look at the order. We haven't seen the order yet."

Trump says Judge Karin Immergut ought to be 'ashamed of herself'

When asked about Immergut’s decision, Donald Trump said that he was disappointed in his judicial picks.

“I wasn’t served well if they put judges like that on,” he remarked. “I wasn’t served well by the people that pick judges, I can tell you. Things like that, it’s too bad.”

The president continued, “I appointed the judge and she goes like that. So, I wasn’t served well. Obviously, if she made that decision. Portland is burning to the ground. You have agitators, instigators, all you have to do is look at your television, turn on your television, read your newspapers."

He further said, "It’s burning to the ground. The governor, the mayor, the politicians, they’re petrified for their lives. And that judge, she ought to be ashamed of herself.”

Restraining order halts deployment of Oregon National Guard troops

US District Judge Karin Immergut issued a temporary restraining order halting Donald Trump’s attempt to federalize 200 members of Oregon’s National Guard for the next two months. The move also prevents the feds from sending National Guard troops into Portland for now.

The order expires in 14 days on October 18, and the parties will discuss on October 17 whether the order should be extended.

The troops were set to guard the ICE facility that’s been ground zero for anti-immigration protests since early summer.

“The relationship between the federal government and the states, between the military and domestic law enforcement, and the balance of powers between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government,” Judge Immergut wrote in her ruling.

“Whether we choose to follow what the Constitution mandates with respect to these three relationships goes to the heart of what it means to live under the rule of law in the United States,” she ruled. 

Stephen Miller calls Judge Karin Immergut's ruling a 'legal insurrection'

Earlier, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller slammed Judge Karin Immergut's ruling as a “legal insurrection” on X (formerly Twitter).

Miller added that “deployment of troops is an absolute necessity” against what he described as Portland’s “organized terrorist attack.”

"Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge," Miller wrote.

He further penned, "Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide)."

"This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself," Miller insisted.