Trump's rich Muslim friends will be an exception
by digby
Via Bloomberg:
President 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.
Now, it is true that the list was drawn up from an Obama administration list of countries that people with Visa waivers (like the UK and France) are not allowed to have visited if they want to come to the US without going through the formal visa process. And yes, the US has long had "special relationships" with Saudi Arabia and Turkey and Egypt all of which have major terrorist ties so you cannot assume this was done specifically to protect Trump's company.
So sure, it's a total coincidence. The corrupt government's he's letting off the hook just happen to be places where he stands to make a fortune and whose leaders will likely be very grateful to fill his pockets handsomely. What a lucky guy.
Recall this:
"I have a lot of friends that are Muslim and they call me," Trump told MSNBC during the event. "In most cases, they're very rich Muslims, OK?"
MSNBC's Chris Matthews then asked Trump whether his very rich Muslim friends would be allowed to enter the U.S. during President Trump's Muslim ban.
"They'll come in," Trump said. "And you'll have exceptions."
And recall his puerile logic:
"Maybe they'll be more disposed to fight ISIS," Trump said of the banned, presumably not-rich Muslims.
He continued: "Maybe they'll say, 'We want to come back into America, we've got to solve this problem.'"
This is the cretin we have running the country and he's clearly got a bunch of similarly idiotic working for him.
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