More Americans support Donald Trump's travel ban than oppose it, poll shows

[McLovin]

The poll finds 31 per cent of Americans feel 'more safe' because of the ban, compared with 26 per cent who say they feel 'less safe'

Americans are sharply divided over President Donald Trump's order to temporarily block US entry for all refugees and citizens of seven Muslim countries, with more approving the measure than disapproving, according new opinion poll.

The 30 to 31 January poll found that 49 per cent of American adults said they either “strongly” or “somewhat” agreed with Mr Trump's order, while 41 per cent “strongly” or “somewhat” disagreed and another 10 per cent said they don't know.

But the responses were split almost entirely along party lines. Some 53 percent of Democrats said they “strongly disagree” with Mr Trump's action while 51 per cent of Republicans said they “strongly agree.”




Mr Trump's executive order banned refugees from entering the United States for 120 days, and it placed an indefinite hold on Syrian refugees. It also blocked citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The president, who campaigned on a promise to bring what he called “extreme vetting” to the nation's immigration system, said the order he signed on Friday was meant to protect the country and its borders. “This is not a Muslim ban,” he said.

But confusion over who was covered by Mr Trump's order left travellers, airlines and foreign governments scrambling to get clarity from US officials, many of whom were also bewildered.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll found 31 per cent of Americans feel “more safe” because of the ban, compared with 26 per cent who said they felt “less safe.” Some 38 per cent said they felt the United States was setting “a good example” of how best to confront terrorism, while 41 per cent said the country was setting “a bad example.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ration-refugees-iran-iraq-syria-a7556186.html

 

[Lord Flacko]

It's because the same media that are calling it a fucking Muslim Ban are the same ones who incorrectly posted without later correcting that the Quebec Mosque attacker was an Morrocan Muslim. They'll have #MuslimBan and "Islamists attack" articles on the same homepage, and you can't rely on the idiotic American to know better than their feelings that dictate them.





Americans are fucking retarded.