George Little, a former Defense Department and CIA spokesman, on Sunday criticized President Trump’s reaction to a recent court ruling on his executive order on refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Trump tweeted Sunday that Judge James Robart, a George W. Bush appointee, of the Western District of Washington would deserve the blame if “something happens.”

“Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court system. People pouring in. Bad!” Trump tweeted.

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Little, a crisis communications and cybersecurity adviser, panned that reaction as a “shocking and dangerous statement by the president of the United States.”

He is a partner at the Brunswick Group and on the board of advisers for the University of Chicago’s Project on Security and Terrorism.

Robart ruled that Trump’s order halting visitors from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen and freezing the acceptance of refugees for months is not supported by a compelling government interest.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday rejected a request by the Justice Department to restore the travel ban.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE (R-Ky.) said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that it would be “best to avoid criticizing judges individually.”