Since taking office President Trump has delayed no time in exercising his political power and has been signing executive orders left and right. One executive order that has caused a lot of controversy is Trumps travel ban which people are calling a Muslim ban. CNN reported the travel ban,
“Bars all persons from certain ‘terror-prone’ countries from entering the United States for 90 days and suspends the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days until it is reinstated ‘only for nationals of countries for whom’ members of Trump’s Cabinet deem can be properly vetted.”
The “terror-prone” countries the ban is referring to include seven majority Muslim countries – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The rational given by the Trump administration is that the ban will keep America safer from terrorism. Many Americans throughout the country protested in response to the ban. Citizens where NOT playing regarding this issue which one company, Uber, found out the hard way. Uber found itself in a twitter trending topic frenzy resulting in a boycott against the company. Lets just say things got real, REAL QUICK, for the CEO of Uber, Travis Kalanick.
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