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A Method to the Madness?

by Daniel Luban
The executive order that Donald Trump signed last Friday was a shock but not entirely a surprise. The outlines of the order—which temporarily denied entry to the U.S. to all refugees as well as all citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries—could not have been fully unexpected given Trump’s stated promises in the year-and-a-half since he first announced his presidential campaign. That something like this was predictable does not, of course, make it any less vile. Its genesis in the “Muslim ban” that Trump suggested on the campaign trail was clear, however many flimsy rationalizations to the contrary his administration might offer.
The shock of the order was due less to its content than to its sudden and chaotic promulgation http://lobelog.com/a-method-to-the-madness/#more-37795