Guess Why These Muslim Countries Aren't On Trump's Ban List... - YouTube

Channel: The Young Turks

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CURIOUS THING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S MUSLIM BAN.
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OF COURSE IT DOESN'T APPLY TO ALL MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
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HE SAYS THESE ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
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THAT IS WEIRD.
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THE SEVEN COUNTRIES THAT ARE ON THE BANNED LIST HAVE LED TO ZERO
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FATAL ATTACKS INSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN THE LAST 40 YEARS.
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BUT WAIT A MINUTE, IT WAS MUSLIMS THAT DID 9/11.
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THAT WAS IN THE LAST 40 YEARS NOT VERY TRUE.
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IN FACT, 15 OUT OF THE 19
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HIJACKERS WERE SAUDI'S BUT THE SAUDI'S WERE NOT ON THE LIST.
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THEY WERE NOT BANNED.
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LETCHER TO FIND OUT WHY.
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LET'S GO TO THE NEW YORK TIMES HERE.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP OMITTED FROM HIS BAN A NUMBER OF OTHER
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PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM NATURES WERE HIS COMPANY HAS DONE
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BUSINESS.
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THE SEVEN COUNTRIES WHOSE CITIZEN ARE SUBJECT TO THE
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BANNER RELATIVELY POOR.
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SOME SUCH AS SYRIA ARE SERVICEABLE WAR: OTHERS ARE
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ONLY NOW MERGING FOR MORE.
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ONE THING THESE COUNTRIES HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT THEY ARE
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PLACES WHERE THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION DOES LITTLE TO
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NO BUSINESS.
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OKAY, THOSE ARE THE COUNTRIES THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY
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BUSINESS INTERESTED BUT MAYBE HE IS JUST AS TOUGH ON
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COUNTRIES HE DOES HAVE BUSINESS INTEREST IN.
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LET'S BE FAIR, LET'S FIND OUT.
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BY CONTRAST, OTHER NEIGHBORING MUSLIM COUNTRIES ARE NOT ON THE
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LIST EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THEIR CITIZENS POST JUST AS GREAT A
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RISK IF NOT GREATER OF EXPORTING TERRORISM TO THE UNITED STATES.
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AMONG THEM ARE SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND
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EGYPT ARE VAST MAJORITY PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE COUNTRIES,
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LIKE THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SEVEN SUBJECT TO THE
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IMMIGRATION BAN ARE PEACEFUL AND LAW-ABIDING.
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BUT THESE THREE COUNTRIES HAVE EXPORTED TERRY TO THE
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UNITED STATES IN THE PAST.
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THINK ACCOUNTED FOR 18 OF THE 19 TERRORISTS WHO PERPETRATED THE
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SEVEN SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACK ON AMERICAN SOIL ATTACK WHICH WAS
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DIRECTED BY ANOTHER SAUDI, OSAMA BIN LADEN WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
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AN EGYPTIAN, AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI.
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HE THOUGHT WHY NOT INCLUDE THEM?
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EVEN THE BIGOTS WHO LIKE WHAT THE TRUMP IS DOING.
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ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SENT THE PEOPLE WHO
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ATTACKED US.
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LET'S TURN TO FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO THAT AS WELL.
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NEW YORK TIMES CONTINUES.
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THESE COUNTRIES UNLIKE THOSE SUBJECT TO THE BAN ARE
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ONES WHERE DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE BUSINESS.
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IN SAUDI ARABIA, HIS MOST RECENT GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL
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DISCLOSURE REVEALED SEVERAL LIMITED LIABILITY TRUMP
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CORPORATIONS.
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IN EGYPT, HE HAD TO TRUMP COMPANIES REGISTERED.
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IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, HE HAD LICENSED HIS NAME TO A
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DUBAI GOLF RESORT AND A LUXURY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SPA.
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THEY GO ON TO EXPLAIN THAT HE ALSO HAS BUSINESS INTERESTS AND
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COUNTRIES THAT HAVE HUGE MUSLIM POPULATIONS AS WELL.
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INDIA IS NOT PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM BUT IT HAS ONE OF
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THE LARGEST MUSLIM POPULATIONS IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
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THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE BAN.
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ALSO, LARGE TRUMP ORGANIZATION COMPANIES AND TIES TO INDIA.
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NOT BANNED.
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TURKEY IS 99% MUSLIM.
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TO BE FAIR, THEY ARE ALSO A NATO ALLY BUT ALSO HAVE TRUMP
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BUSINESSES AND IT IS NOT BANNED.
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AGAIN, LIKE THE NEW YORK TIMES, I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF
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THESE COUNTRIES SHOULD BE BANNED.
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IT'S CRAZY BUT ARE YOU BEGINNING TO SEE A PATTERN AS TO WHO
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GETS BANNON WHO DOESN'T?
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IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE THAT
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ACTUALLY DID THE TERRORISM ON AMERICAN SOIL.
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NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM.
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NEW YORK TIMES THEN ADDS THEIR OPINION.
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THEY SAY OUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD INSTEAD SCREEN ALL IMMIGRANTS
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FROM POTENTIAL LINKS TO CRIME OR TERRORISM, AS IT HAS LONG DONE.
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SAYING YOU DON'T DO A BLANKET BAN ON COUNTRIES OR
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RELIGIONS AND IN THIS CASE, YES, CHRISTIANS HAVE PRIORITIES
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SO THEY ARE MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRIES AND THE BAN IS
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SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MUSLIMS.
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THEY ARE DE-PRIORITIZED, CHRISTIANS ARE PRIORITIZED.
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YES, THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION BUT THE NEW YORK
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TIMES IS SAYING
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HEY, WE NEED TO VET PEOPLE WHO NEED TO COME INTO THIS
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COUNTRY.
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WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL
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WITH IT.
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IN FACT, WE HAVE ONE OF THE LONGEST VETTING PROCESSES
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IN THE WORLD.
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IT TAKES 18 TO 24 MONTHS BEFORE YOU GET
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ANY KIND
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OF LEGAL STATUS IN THIS COUNTRY, TO BE ABLE TO COME IN, BUT NOW
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THEY ARE SAYING I DON'T CARE.
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EVEN IF YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THAT, YOU ARE STILL NOT
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GOING TO GET AND IF YOU ARE FROM THE SEVEN COUNTRIES AND YOU
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ARE MUSLIM.
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NEW YORK TIMES CONCLUDES: DISCRIMINATION BASED ON
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NATIONAL ORIGIN IS A THINLY VEILED ATTEMPT TO
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DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RELIGION.
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INDEED, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ADMITTED THAT HE WANTS TO
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PRIORITIZE THE SETTLING OF CHRISTIAN REFUGEES.
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SO IF YOU ARE CHRISTIAN, YOU CAN MOVE TO THE HEAD OF THE LINE.
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IF YOU ARE MUSLIM, YOU MOVE TO THE BACK OF THE LINE.
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WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THIS BEFORE?
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DISCRIMINATING BASED ON RELIGIOUS IS A DISASTROUS
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IDEA, NOT JUST IN RECENT HISTORY IN EUROPE, BUT REMEMBER,
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THE REASON WHY A LOT OF OUR ANCESTORS CAME TO AMERICA
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IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS TO FLEE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION GOING
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ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PURITANS.
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THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON THIS COUNTRY WAS FORMED IN THE FIRST
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PLACE IS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
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BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN.
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AND NOW WE HAVE DECIDED WHO THE NEW OTHER IS AND WHO THE
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NEW ENEMY IS.
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AND THIS CASE IT IS MUSLIMS, BUT PARTICULARLY POOR MUSLIMS AND
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ONES THAT DON'T HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION.