Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich unloaded on President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, calling it a political play to subvert Congress’ authority.

During a CNN appearance Monday, the Republican bashed the president’s move, stressing that while he, too, believes drugs are a serious issue, Trump’s action was totally unwarranted.

“I think this is a political declaration and, frankly, you don’t do end runs around Congress,” Kasich said, noting that the original purpose of such a decision was to bypass time-consuming formalities “if we really have a problem here that is something that everybody agrees upon.”

“The Congress has already decided what they want to do on the border, and for him to say, ‘Well, I just don’t like what they did,’ that just flaunts in the face of that national declaration,” he said.