A growing chorus of Trump allies is urging the President to defy federal court orders, pushing the country toward a direct confrontation between the Executive Branch and the Judiciary—the very outcome the Constitution was designed to prevent .

After a federal judge in Oregon ruled over the weekend that President Donald Trump had overreached by ordering National Guard troops to Portland, right wing political podcast host Matt Walsh urged his 3.9 million followers that “Trump needs to openly defy these judges” and it is “time for a showdown.” The richest man in the world Elon Musk replied to Walsh’s message, writing: “It is high time that corrupt judges who violate the Constitution be fired!”

At the White House later that day, Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called the judge

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