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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by NotSammyHagar on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:23AM (#13528223)
Except they left out the countries with the most known terrorist activities in the us, that happened to be countries with major trump investments, that would be Saudia Arabia and Egypt.
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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by tomp on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @03:58AM (#13528899)
US has military bases in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, so that might have happened for strategic (for the US, not for Trump) reasons.
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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by selectodude on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:52AM (#13531550)
They have quite a few bases in Iraq, too. But no trump holdings.
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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by kj01a on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:51AM (#13530967)
He excluded the countries that were already excluded under Obama's executive orders on immigration. This isn't new foreign policy, just a strengthened one.
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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by imron on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:38AM (#13528541)
> that happened to be countries with major trump investments

And that (on a diplomatic level at least) also happen to be major US allies in the region.

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by NotSammyHagar on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:34AM (#13528280)
I prefer no nuking of anyone or anything. Move off saudi oil. We've been doing it for years, actually. The latest way to get away is electric cars.
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