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President Donald Trump's repeated assertion that Ukrainian soldiers are in grave danger as they're "surrounded by Russian forces" was quickly smacked down on social media by a reporter in Kyiv.

Speaking from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, Trump told reporters he plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to "save some soldiers who are in deep trouble."

MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann admitted to being “gobsmacked” by the courtroom battle that unfolded Monday after the Trump administration failed to comply with a federal judge’s deportation order to return a plane of migrants to the United States.

At the contentious hearing Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg delivered a sharp rebuke of the administration’s move over the weekend and demanded answers from government attorneys – which they refused to provide, according to Weissmann.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller fiercely defended the Trump administration’s flagrant disregard for a federal judge’s court order directing the return of deportation flights to the United States in a combative interview.

Miller on Monday clapped his hands, raised his voice and went toe-to-toe with CNN’s Kasie Hunt while insisting that, not only does President Donald Trump have the authority to invoke the Alien Enemies Act, but U.S. District Judge James Boasberg violated the law – and Constitution – by trying to stop him.

If the Justice Department wanted to comply with a judge's order, they would have, a legal reporter said Monday.

President Donald Trump shipped a number of migrants he claimed were gang members to El Salvador over the weekend, in apparent defiance of an explicit order from a judge to turn the planes around, CBS News reported.

Former federal Judge John E. Jones III made clear the significance of the Trump administration’s bold defiance of a court order to return deportation flights to the United States – a move he called “a very big deal.”

Jones on Monday ripped into President Donald Trump and his administration’s refusal to comply with a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg over the weekend as Trump used an 18th-century law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. The Trump administration’s legal arguments, he said, simply don’t’ “hold up," and he predicted an explosive courtroom showdown at a hearing scheduled for Monday afternoon.

Fox News host Martha MacCallum lost control of an interview with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller after she asked him to respond to Andrew Weissmann, a former prosecutor who worked on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

During a Monday appearance on Fox News, MacCallum noted that Weissmann, now an MSNBC pundit, had suggested President Donald Trump should not be allowed to use an 18th-century law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members because it was meant for wartime.

Alina Habba, counselor and former attorney to President Donald Trump, insisted it was "unthinkable" for judges to disagree with executive orders.

During a Monday appearance on Fox News, Habba was asked about a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg as Trump used an 18th-century law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that the Statue of Liberty would not be returned to France despite demands from a French official.

During Monday's White House press briefing, Leavitt was asked about the claim by Raphaël Glucksmann, a French member of the European Parliament, that some Americans "have chosen to switch to the side of the tyrants."

Border czar Tom Homan stormed away from reporters after he was accused of circumventing due process by rushing deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Homan spoke to reporters outside the White House on Monday after ABC News revealed that the Trump administration "made a calculated decision to ignore a judge's directive to turn around two flights containing hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members."

A shouting match broke out on "The View" on Monday as the hosts got into a heated debate about whether Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should have caved on the House's continuing resolution.

The House of Representatives passed a six-month measure to raise the debt ceiling and ensure the government's continued operation. Democrats in both chambers opposed several provisions of the agreement, including continued government funding and staff cuts — but it passed the Senate after Schumer gave it his backing.