Trump picked a Twitter fight with John Legend and, oddly, Chrissy Teigen over an MSNBC criminal justice special

John Legend and Chrissy Teigan
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The good news is that the president of the United States appears to have stopped tweeting about a non-existent hurricane warning in Alabama. Instead, President Trump is retweeting photos of his eldest daughter and tweeting indignantly about an MSNBC special on criminal justice reform, apparently angry that it gives him insufficient credit for signing a reform bill that was a decade in the making. Trump was especially upset at musician John Legend and, inexplicably, his wife, Chrissy Teigen, who wasn't mentioned in the special. Legend pointed out that the real work on criminal justice reform is at the state and local level, not federal courts.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.