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Trump signs proclamation to ban travel from 12 countries | CNN Politics

c/world · u/RandAlThor@lemmy.ca · 112 points

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The ban will fully restrict entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan; Myanmar, also known as Burma; Chad; Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Haiti; Iran; Libya; Somalia; Sudan; and Yemen.


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u/PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world · 1 points

Not from CNN, no. I believe their exec came over from Fox or something. They've been trying to use their reputation as a "moderate" news source to pull people rightward. Using terminology like this is one such tactic.

u/yopyop@sh.itjust.works · 4 points

Some countries still call it like that officially : France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland.

u/tourist@lemmy.world · 2 points

I remember last time Chad was also on the list and their government was like "yo dude wtf did we do!?"

Also, I feel like he wouldn't be able to recall more than three countries on that list if prompted

u/DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 15 points

Honestly, if you're in any of those countries - you don't want to be going to America right now anyways!

... you'd be risking ending up in a foreign prison. Better to just stay away.

u/entwine413@lemm.ee · 5 points

He did this his first term too.

He didn't just find out, but he probably just remembered.

u/SouthFresh@lemmy.world · 41 points

Translation:

Trump just found out that the following countries exist, and aren't populated by white people: Afghanistan; Myanmar, Chad; Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.