Let’s be completely clear. Donald Trump finally caved to public pressure to end the separation of immigrant children from their parents. Let’s also be clear he didn’t need to make a show of all this, all he needed to do was pick up the phone and stop his own policy. Instead, he paraded cameras in for this photo op where he blamed others.
SPECIAL REPORT: President Trump signs executive order ending family separation policy, says it's about "keeping families together." https://t.co/uVatuft6AN pic.twitter.com/bWjs0aKzWZ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 20, 2018
What is specifically part of the order Trump signed is unknown.
Trump does not explain how the order will work given that he and his advisers had insisted only Congress could fix the problem. https://t.co/BUkN1CZGIl
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) June 20, 2018
White House misspells "Separation" at the top of the EO: pic.twitter.com/bxaF7sFj01
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) June 20, 2018
And, out of hiding comes Ivanka Trump, thanking her father.
Thank you @POTUS for taking critical action ending family separation at our border. Congress must now act + find a lasting solution that is consistent with our shared values;the same values that so many come here seeking as they endeavor to create a better life for their families
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) June 20, 2018