This Day in Trump, Day 20: Trash Talk for Nordstrom and McCain, Dismay From Supreme Court Pick

WASHINGTON — On Day 20 of his administration, President Donald Trump used the bully pulpit to fight with Nordstrom. His complaint: The upscale retailer dropped his daughter's fashion line — a month ago. Later, he lent the Oval Office to Intel's CEO for an infomercial. He caught flak for both choices. But the most biting criticism of the day may have come from his nominee for the Supreme Court, who told one senator that he found Trump's attack on a "so-called judge" — for halting his ban on immigrants from seven Muslim countries — "disheartening."Trump's big victory of the day came Wednesday evening, when the Senate confirmed Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general — 31 years after the Senate rejected his nomination to be a federal judge.Highlight of the dayIn his short tenure as president, Trump has expressed deep disdain for an independent judiciary. That earned a rebuke Wednesday from the judge he named a week earlier to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch.On Saturday, Trump blasted the "so-called judge" in Seattle who agreed to temporarily halt his order barring immigration from seven Muslim countries. He ramped up his criticism of the judiciary in a speech to sheriffs and police chiefs Wednesday, the morning after a federal appeals court hearing on the order that he called "disgraceful."The comments did not go unnoticed by Gorsuch. By late afternoon, the Denver federal judge had told Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., that he found the president's views toward the judiciary "demoralizing" and "disheartening."Ron Bonjean, a GOP strategist tapped by the White House to shepherd the judge through the confirmation process, confirmed the comments. Some pundits chalked up Gorsuch's stance to a political imperative; he'll need some Democratic support for confirmation to a lifetime job on the high court.Dissenting voices  Continue reading...