WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump (pic) signed a revised ban on refugees and on travellers from six Muslim-majority nations Monday, scaling back the order to exempt Iraqis and permanent US residents. Whatever the legal outcome, Trump’s new ban is likely to polarize opinion further and be immensely popular with his core supporters. But the revised travel ban is also likely to sow further confusion about US immigration policies. ROILED BY RUSSIABut the ban is likely to help Trump divert attention from rolling crises on his ties with Russia. It has also seen Trump level unsubstantiated allegations that former president Barack Obama ordered a wiretap on the now president’s phone.

Source: The Star March 07, 2017 00:31 UTC