Following President Donald Trump’s decision to ban citizens of seven Muslim-based countries from entering the United States, the former-businessman-turned politician now faces further backlash from across the globe.
Since Trump signed the executive order that sees people from countries including Syria, Iran, Iraq and Yemen denied entry into the US just this Saturday, protests have erupted at airports and in capital cities across the world.
So much so that an UK petition to cancel Trump’s visiting the Queen has garnered more than a million signatures, qualifying it for debate in British parliament.
According to Global News, this petition is a direct retaliation to the newly elected President’s tightening of immigration laws in the US.
“Donald Trump should be allowed to enter the UK in his capacity as head of the US Government, but he should not be invited to make an official State Visit because it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen,” the petition page reads.
“Donald Trump’s well documented misogyny and vulgarity disqualifies him from being received by Her Majesty the Queen or the Prince of Wales.”
“Therefore during the term of his presidency Donald Trump should not be invited to the United Kingdom for an official State Visit.”
Despite the global backlash of his latest act as President, Trump continues to defend his decision – one that a federal judge in New York was able to temporarily bar over the weekend.
‘It’s not a Muslim ban,” he says. “But it’s working out very nicely.”
