In Donald Trump’s second week as president, he issued an executive order targeting Muslim immigrants and banning many of them from entering the United States. I speak to Iraqi refugee Taif Jany about the ban. Trump also nearly started three wars and said some extraordinarily stupid things. Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app by searching for The Trump Scorecard. Links to news stories are below.
Segment 1: The Muslim Ban
Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban Makes Us All Less American
Trump Signs Order Temporarily Halting Admission of Refugees, Promises Priority for Christians
Hill Staffers Secretly Worked on Trump’s Immigration Order
How Trump’s Rush to Enact an Immigration Ban Unleashed Global Chaos
Family of 4-Month-Old Set to Have Surgery at OHSU Impacted by Trump’s Executive Order
Customs and Border Officials Defy Court Order on Lawful Residents
Read the Full Text of Sally Yates’ Letter Opposing Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban
Donate to the International Rescue Committee
Segment 2: More Executive Orders
Trump Signs Executive Order Requiring That for Every One New Regulation, Two Must Be Revoked
White House Says LGBT Protections for Federal Workers Will Remain
Leaked Draft of Trump’s Religious Freedom Order Reveals Sweeping Plans to Legalize Discrimination
White House Nixed Holocaust Statement Naming Jews
Segment 3: Foreign Policy
Trump to Mexico: Take Care of ‘Bad Hombres’ or US Might
Trump Administration ‘Officially Putting Iran on Notice’, Says Michael Flynn
Steve Bannon’s Presence on the National Security Council Is Not Just Terrible. It’s Illegal.
U.S. Military Probing More Possible Civilian Deaths in Yemen Raid
Treasury Loosens Restrictions on Russia as Spicer Denies It’s a Sanction Reduction
Segment 4: Quick Hits
Trump White House Abruptly Halts Obamacare Ads
Trump ‘Will Definitely Pull Out of Paris Climate Change Deal’
Another Alarm for Scientists: Trump’s Pick to Guide NOAA Transition
Evangelical Leader Jerry Falwell Jr. to Lead Education Task Force for Trump