Comment by TM3-PO on 31/01/2017 at 01:20 UTC

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However trump conveniently left off the countries he does business with off the list.... you know the ones that citizens of have actually committed acts of terrorism against America....

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Comment by boxzonk at 31/01/2017 at 01:32 UTC

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Trump used a list that Obama signed into law. Trump's EO[1] refers to section 217(a)(12) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(12)[2] for the list and makes no further modifications to it.

1: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/27/executive-order-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states

2: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1187

It has nothing to do with Trump's business interests, unless you're suggesting that the Congress and Obama made this list as a personal favor to President Trump?