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Yeah. The boy who cried 'wolf' and all that. This whole EO plays well to the people who want there to be a ban on Muslims, and the WH is already downplaying the impact by saying how few people were affected out of all the airplane arrivals into the US. This is being set up as a knee jerk overreaction, a rush to conclusions by a hostile media, and it's going to make it easier for Trump/Bannon to delegitimise protest later on.
Maybe. Dunno. I don't think this is just incompetence, though.
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I also think it's important for him to play to his neo fascist and angry, ill-informed base, keep their support as strong as possible.
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I do not think this is being considered along the incompetent to competent spectrum.
TeamTrump view all muslims as 'the enemy'.
Pragmatic view might be; 'How many travellers would/could be inconvenienced by a prospective 'Travel ban'?,
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wait for various parts/offices/departments of State and Federal Government to compile or project figures, and in just a couple of months you might have some evidence for proceeding with or ditching the prospective policy.TeamTrump just do not care.
Sign the EO on a Friday, let the Department of Homeland Security interpret it how they like,
if it causes a problem with the Judiciary, so what, we've got Bannon on the NSC,
and if at some time in the future it is ruled unconstitutional,
so what, we've got loads more crazy plans we can float on EOs next weekend.(Oh, and we can start compiling a list of Judges who are not 'with the plan').
William.
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so when people protest or are alarmed, his supporters can say - look it's really no big deal, quit being so melodramatic. so that in time, any protest or dissent can be dismissed as drama and ignored?