Trump's travel ban contains a tool that could change how the U.S. conducts foreign policy
A little-noticed provision in President Trump’s revised restrictions on entry into the country could remake how the U.S. conducts foreign policy, creating leverage for a president who promised to bring his hard-nosed deal-making mind-set to American diplomacy.
In his new directive, Trump ordered a global review to determine whether citizens from additional countries should be blocked from coming to the U.S. as well. He asked the departments of State and Homeland Security, along with intelligence agencies, to determine which countries come up short on cooperating with U.S. immigration officials who are vetting travelers who want to enter the country.
"We're looking at an entire — at the rest of the entire world and all of the procedures that we use to address all countries," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Monday.
The review gives Trump, who spent his adult life working out real estate transactions, the opportunity to demand concessions from more than 190 countries. At stake is the ability of their citizens and nationals to travel to the United States.
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-travel-ban-leverage-20170306-story.html
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