Dan Bongino argues that Trump “should ignore” court order blocking federal funding freeze
Bongino also said Trump should “set up a courtroom” in the White House and “just start making judicial decisions”
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From the February 11, 2025, edition of The Dan Bongino Show, streamed on Rumble
DAN BONGINO (HOST): So this is what they’re doing. This is why Clarence Thomas has been speaking out about the national restraining order. How a judge in New York can give a restraining order for a congressional district in Wyoming is ridiculous. Clarence Thomas been warning about this forever. This Amuse on Twitter has been talking about this lawfare too. How this Obama-appointed judge threatened Trump and his team with arrest if they don’t restore every dime of funding that had been paused or canceled. Folks, my recommendation is Donald Trump should ignore this. This judge is obviously not acting constitutionally at all. It should be ignored. Demanding — resuming — you can’t order the executive to spend — I mean, you’ve effectively usurped the power of the executive.
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Folks, threatening with arrest. Who’s going to arrest him? The marshals? You guys know who the U.S. Marshals work for? Department of Justice. That is under the — oh yeah — the executive branch. Donald Trump’s going to order his own arrest? This is ridiculous. This is ridiculous. Here’s my suggestion before I play this video. Again, I’m speaking hyperbolically, obviously, but it’s meant to accentuate a point. We are a constitutional republic. This judge is clearly making up powers he does not have. He does not have power to demand the president spend money.
I mean, what if — Let me give you an example of what I mean, quick. Sorry, but this is so important. The president finds a fraudulent payment to a terrorist group planning an attack in the United States. Can a judge order that payment be made? Of course not, Dan. What’s the difference? There’s no difference. Donald Trump's the executive. He says we have a problem in the executive branch, hold onto these payments. The judge can’t order these — he’s just making it up. So here’s my suggestion. If liberals are okay with judges making up constitutional powers, are they okay with Donald Trump fabricating executive powers?
How about this? How about Donald Trump, in the East Room of the White House, sets up a courtroom — like, remember the Batman movie, Scarecrow has the courtroom, or is it the Bane one? Was that the Dark Knight or whatever? That’s what we need to do. We need to set up a courtroom. Donald Trump can sit there. He can even wear, like, the wigs they wear in the U.K. court system, and he can just start making judicial decisions. They'll let them — “He can’t do that, bro.” The judge can’t do it either. What’s the difference? If the judge is the executive, why can’t the executive be the judge? Ask your stupid liberal friends that.