The Closing of America

I DESPISE being in the position to defend Trump, because he is an embarrassment and a buffoon, but the article is filled with half-facts, and is really disappointing, especially for the New York Times.<p>Trump doesn&#x27;t &quot;hate Muslims.&quot; He banned Muslims from the known terrorist states. He didn&#x27;t ban Muslims from Indonesia and Malaysia (the two most populous Muslim countries), and Pakistan. So if the author said &quot;Trump hates Middle East Muslims&quot; then that would be more factually correct.<p>This sort of twisting of words and half-truths are what got us here in the first place, and why both sides don&#x27;t listen to each other anymore. We need to have honest and truthful conversations, not half-truths that sway the conversation in one&#x27;s favor. That&#x27;s not an honest discussion.<p>EDIT: The article never accuses Trump of hating Muslims, so that&#x27;s my mistake. The article accuses him of not liking Muslims.

Am I the only one that believes there is a reasonable compromise to be made? Some groups are still faced with extreme difficulty in immigrating to the US. Chinese and Europeans find it quite difficult to immigrate here legally. Even young Europeans have many options to use Working Holiday Visas in many countries to work abroad outside of the EU and experience cultural exchange, but America does not participate.<p>Why shouldn&#x27;t the US just treat all people equally who want to come here? Why shouldn&#x27;t the process be standardized and made legal? If we really are for cultural exchange, why not participate in Working Holiday schemes for young people from Europe and Asia to legally come here like so many other countries do?

Celebrate holocaust memorial day by telling refugees to go away. Well done.

Actual title: &quot;The Closing of Trump’s America&quot;

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