Washington (CNN) A federal judge on Wednesday assailed President Donald Trump for his repeated attacks on various legal decisions and judges, stating the President's bombastic criticism is feeding into a "destructive narrative."

US District Court Judge Paul Friedman said Trump's personal attacks on judges are helping "undermine faith in the rule of law itself."

"This obviously is a trend we're seeing throughout public life, but, I would suggest, the stakes in attacking the judiciary have graver implications," Friedman said in remarks as part of a lecture series at a federal courthouse in Washington. "And regrettably, the current President of the United States is feeding right into this destructive narrative."

He added, "We are witnessing a chief executive who criticizes virtually every judicial decision that doesn't go his way and denigrates judges who rule against him, sometimes in very personal terms. He seems to view the courts and the justice system as obstacles to be attacked and undermined, not as a co-equal branch to be respected even when he disagrees with its decisions."

Friedman acknowledged that Trump "is not the first president to be frustrated with judicial outcomes," but posited "what we are witnessing today and over the last few years is markedly different."

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