Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by berberous on Saturday January 28, 2017 @05:49PM (#13510006)

I'm against this order and generally agree with you, but the conflict-of-interest article is BS. The list of countries is the same as was targeted under Obama for extra screening:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/visa-waiver-libya-somali...

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by nl on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:48PM (#13510450)

This needs more emphasis.

These countries were already hard for US citizens to do business in (hence no Trump holidings). I don't think Trump cares much about money - he is interested in Power.

"Corruption" is a distraction. I also think the thing about his tax returns is the same.

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by bluejekyll on Saturday January 28, 2017 @09:17PM (#13511408)

While I agree with your point, I disagree with this:

> I don't think Trump cares much about money - he is interested in Power.

It's hard to know what his true interests are. But based on his actions, and his lack of desire for publicly stating his net worth or tax returns, I think he is very interested in maintaining not only his worth but also his companies'.

Trump is the first President in a long time that can directly be influenced by foreign governments through his business and property holdings.

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by nl on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:03PM (#13511993)

This is true to some extent of course. But it seems to me - based on the amount of debt his businesses carry - that it is the prestige and power that is associated with money that drives Trump.

I think that his tax returns are a huge distraction. When they leak, what will change? Everyone already knows he doesn't pay much tax. His fans see that as a good thing.

The only thing that could change out of it is if there is a line item "Russian bribes". But that's unlikely, especially since I tend to think his ties with Russia are philosophical, not financial.

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by intended on Saturday January 28, 2017 @10:24PM (#13511789)

I think your president has figured out a way to

1)piss everyone off except his core vote base

2) be forced out of office

3) launch a movie/book/tv show

4) profit

I don't think his original plan was to win the election.

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by nl on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:04PM (#13511996)

Not my President.

(For real: I'm not from the US)

I agree with your comment though.

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by snowwrestler on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:02PM (#13511981)

Oh, c'mon. The scope and impact of the EO is totally unprecedented; the President obviously felt unconstrained by precedent, unintended consequences, and arguably even the Constitution.

So, let's not pretend that he was constrained by some list from the Obama administration. It's an executive order, and President Trump owns the whole thing.

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by nl on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:07PM (#13512007)

I don't think that the parent comment disagrees with you. It's just pointing out that the business links thing is a distraction. This is a purely evil policy, unconstrained by financial concerns.

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