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On the recordFebruary 2, 2017
Again, that is very gracious of you, and I appreciate the spirit with which you engage in this dialogue. I think it is something we really do need to get to the bottom of. To my knowledge, Trump Industries is not doing business in the poor Muslim countries that were targeted like Somalia, Libya, and so on, but perhaps I can be corrected. In any event, the fact that he has done business in Saudi Arabia, in Egypt, and United Arab Emirates--in the wealthier Muslim countries--it may be logical as a matter of business practice, but I don't think that can become the basis for American foreign policy. I think that is the reason why this policy has created such outrage in America and around the world because it doesn't seem to have any national security logic to it. It is not about terrorism unless you can convince me that those seven countries actually generated terrorism.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 2, 2017

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