Trump promises to revive Muslim ban, gets slammed by White House
The Hindu
Donald Trump vows to revive travel ban on Muslim-majority countries if re-elected. White House slams former President, saying Biden has taken unprecedented action against Islamophobia. Trump promises to stand with Israel, defend U.S. and reverse Biden's Iran appeasement. He also vows to terminate open border policies of Biden administration.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to revive a controversial travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries if he is elected to a second White House term.
While speaking at the annual summit of the Republican Jewish Coalition on October 28, Mr. Trump, 77, said, “You remember the travel ban?” “On day one, I will restore our travel ban. We had a travel ban because we didn’t want people coming into our country who really love the idea of blowing our country up.” He said the travel ban imposed during his administration was an amazing success.
“We didn’t have one incident in four years because we kept bad people the hell out of our country. We kept them out. We didn’t have one, not one instance,” Mr. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican Presidential nomination, said.
In 2017, at the start of Mr. Trump’s presidency, he imposed sweeping restrictions on the entry of travellers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and, initially, Iraq and Sudan.
The White House immediately slammed the former President.
“In 2020, President [Joe] Biden decried the ‘unconscionable’ rise in Islamophobia – which he called a ‘pernicious disease’ – and was proud to overturn the vile, un-American Muslim ban enacted by his predecessor,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said.
“The need to come together against rancid hate is more pressing now than ever, as American Muslims and Arab Americans increasingly find themselves the targets of appalling smears and heartbreaking violence – including the barbaric killing of a 6-year-old child,” he said.