Controversies of being bias has trailed the President Trump's ban of Muslim immigrants from 7 countries into America.
Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order that bans
citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East from
entering the United States for 90 days, according to the White House.
His proposed list doesn’t include Muslim-majority countries where
his Trump Organization has done business or pursued potential deals.
Properties include golf courses in the United Arab Emirates and two
luxury towers operating in Turkey.
These Countries with Business Links to Trump Aren’t Part of His Immigration Ban
A little over a year ago, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for a "total
and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," until the
country's leadership could "figure out what is going on."
Along the campaign trail, he modified this blanket ban to a suspension of “immigration from terror-prone regions, where vetting cannot safely occur,” which he promised to enact during his first 100 days in office.
And now, a week into Trump's presidency, he has tried to make good
on that promise - or, at least, partly so. A draft proposal of an
executive order obtained by Bloomberg News reportedly shows that Trump
is poised to suspend all entry to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority
countries.
Notably missing from the blacklist, however, are several
Muslim-majority countries where Trump has business dealings, according
to Bloomberg.
The news organization has put together a map of the proposed
suspensions, with the Muslim-majority countries where Trump has business
interests - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan - rendered in
yellow.
While Muslim-majority countries such as Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, and
others are not included on the list, the omission of Turkey and Egypt
may be argued as being seen at odds with Trump's definition. Both Turkey
and Egypt endured high-profile terror attacks in 2016.The President has
positions in two companies that may be related to business in Egypt,
and has previously praised the country's autocratic leader, Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi. In Turkey, Trump has a licensing deal to use his name on two
luxury towers in Istanbul.
A foremost journalist has analyzed the ban on immigrants from the said countries which he concluded to be biased.
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian American journalist and author.
He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly column
for The Washington Post.
Watch his analysis below:
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