Stupid Is As Stupid Does

Regarding that Executive Order...

“We are establishing new vetting measures, to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America,” Trump said on Friday, during a visit to the Department of Defense. “We don’t want ‘em here. We want to ensure we aren’t admitting into our country the very threats that our men and women are fighting overseas.”

Nearly two hours later, the White House made public his executive order, titled “Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States”.

The action puts in place a 90-day block on entry to the US from citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia.

  Guardian

Do you suppose he actually believes that's going to keep terrorists out? Let me answer that for you: no.

It suspends the admittance of all refugees to the US for a period of 120 days, and terminates indefinitely all refugee admissions from Syria, where the nearly six-year war under Bashar al-Assad’s regime has led to more than 500,000 civilian deaths and created the displacement of an estimated 11 million Syrians.

Think about that. Why is Syria special?

Trump’s unprecedented action will [...] impose a de facto ban on Muslims traveling to the US from parts of the Middle East and North Africa by prioritizing refugee claims “on the basis of religious-based persecution”.

Really? Is banning Muslims not "religious-based persecution”?

The move, which appears to run counter to the US constitution’s principle of not discriminating on the basis of religion, fulfills the vow Trump made on the campaign trail to limit Muslim immigration to the United States.

Oh. It's not persecution - it's discrimination. I see. Persecution must be "enhanced discrimination".  It's so hard to know what words mean any more.

During an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network on Friday, Trump said his administration would place an emphasis on helping persecuted Christians in the Middle East and North Africa.

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“They’ve been horribly treated,” Trump said. “Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria it was impossible, at least very tough, to get into the United States?

Funny - I DID know that.  Since 9/11 "changed everything", it's very tough for anyone with brown skin who doesn't have bundles of money to get into the United States.

“If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible, and the reason that was so unfair,” he falsely asserted.

Alternative fact.

“We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love deeply our people,” Trump said.

Apparently, that woud be impossible for Muslims. So, part 2 of this heinous action will be the truly Nazi/Stasi-inspired American Muslim registry.

Although Isis has targeted members of religious minorities in Syria and Iraq, including Christians and Yazidis, the vast majority of their victims have been Muslim.

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“Everybody was persecuted in all fairness, but they were chopping off the heads of everybody, but more so the Christians. And I thought it was very, very unfair.”

Insane Clown President.

Betsy Fisher, the director of policy at the International Refugee Assistance Project, said: “The executive order doesn’t say ‘we’re banning Muslims’. It says, ‘we’re banning people from Muslim countries except for the non-Muslims’.”

Did she just give Kellyanne her next TV quote?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.