President Donald Trump on Saturday slammed a federal judge who halted enforcement of his executive order temporarily barring refugees and people from seven mainly Muslim countries from entering the United States, saying it would be overturned.

Trump expressed his displeasure in a series of Twitter posts.

“The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!” Trump wrote.

He also said a country was in trouble if it cannot decide who can and cannot enter for reasons of safety and security and added that some Middle Eastern countries supported the ban.

U.S. District Court Senior Judge James L. Robart on Friday granted an injunction at the request of Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, whose office said that the order applies nationwide.

It blocked a decree issued Jan. 27 by Trump ordering a temporary pause in admission of refugees, a 90-day prohibition on entry by residents of Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen, and an indefinite suspension of admission of Syrian refugees.

Trump also tweeted Saturday morning that some nations in the region partially affected by the ban supported his executive order.

“Interesting that certain Middle-Eastern countries agree with the ban. They know if certain people are allowed in it’s death & destruction!” he wrote.

On Friday, the White House harshly criticized the judge’s ruling and said it would lodge an appeal.

“At the earliest possible time, the Department of Justice intends to file an emergency stay of this outrageous order and defend the executive order of the president, which we believe is lawful and appropriate,” the White House said in a statement.

Washington was one of a number of states to file legal challenges since Trump signed the executive order, which sparked protests at airports across the United States and prompted several judges to intervene to protect travelers in individual cases.

The injunction is temporary and will be in place until Robart issues a final ruling on the executive order’s legality or until a higher court overturns it.

“The circumstances brought before (the court) today are such that it must intervene to fulfill its constitutional role in our tripart government,” Robart said in his ruling.

Trump had earlier taken to Twitter to criticize the judge’s ruling.

“We must keep ‘evil’ out of our country!” the president wrote Friday night.

The State Department said Saturday it had reinstated thousands of visas after the federal judge halted enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring refugees and people from seven mainly Muslim countries from entering the United States. EFE