the real interesting thing here, in my lifetime and before, numerous presidents of both parties enacted bans yet nothing was heard, nobody protested, even the media did not think it wrong. now, the entire dem party and its minions in the media are working full time to make this look crazy when in fact, it is normal, needed and the right thing to do. the bias here reeks
Spinner, I think that the problem here lies not with the "ban," but with the way in which it was handled. I have heard people on both sides of the press (and aisle) state that probably 80% agree with what Trump was trying to do which is to more strictly enforce the immigration from 7 countries identified by Obama as countries in which there should be grave travel concerns because of the activity of terrorists. But he did not do that.
His actual EO was a broadening of Obama's previous EO. What he failed to do was to carve out proper exceptions, exclude Irak (which is a farse in view of our presence there), exclude Syrian refugees (properly vetted, of course), and articulate the ban more accurately. All the problems he is having could probably have been avoided had he run it by other state department officials, even some of his own appointees. His ego and lack of foresight got in his way.
Most Americans want the same thing with the proper exceptions and articulation. Hell, 3 of the countries included do not even have central governments and are run by groups of warring factions, the majority of which are terrorists. Had Trump said something along the lines of that we will severely restrict immigration from those countries unless and until they provided the USA with a promise and proof from a recognized effective central government that they had an active continuing, effective counter-terrorist program in place, he would have probably received little grief. But he didn't handle it that way. In a rush to satisfy those who elected him, he was his bull-headed self. And the end result was that he made it appear that the US was banning a religious group from this country and eliminating refugees, contrary to our values and historical beliefs (with the exception of yours) and our constitution.
He is a victim of his own lack of experience and that, coupled with an ego-based failure to rely on the judgment of others, all his own people, who would have known how to handle this and get his intended result (with, perhaps, the exception of satisfying his ego) with the approval of the majority of Americans, including democrats, created this fiasco causing the justified furor, both home and abroad. He has a lot to learn and a long way to go.
