Trump exempted the countries he does business in with Muslim-ban
Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees and blocking travel from people of seven predominantly Muslim countries has raised many questions largely about constitutionality and the inherent racism of banning people of one religion. However, there are new questions being raised because the seven countries Trump identified in his executive order have something in common – they are countries he doesn’t do business in.
Trump excluded several nations where the Trump Organization does business
According to the Washington Post, “The executive order he signed Friday bars all entry for the next 90 days by travelers from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Libya. Excluded from the lists are several majority-Muslim nations where the Trump Organization is active and which in some cases have also faced troublesome issues with terrorism.”
The Washington Post went on to say that since Donald Trump hasn’t divested himself from his company, “as bipartisan ethics experts had advised, Trump is now facing questions about whether he designed the new rules with his own business at least partly in mind.”
Jordan Libowitz, the spokesman for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington told the Washington Post that Trump “needs to sell his businesses outside his family and place the assets in a blind trust, otherwise every decision he makes people are going to question if he’s making the decision in the interests of the American people or his own bottom line.”
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is also the group that has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump arguing that the President is already in violation of the Constitution’s Emoluments provision which blocks federal officials from accepting payments from foreign officials.
