Trump orders citizens of 7 Muslim countries to be kept out.

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Jan 29, 2017: Reports from Washington state that  US President Donald Trump, closed the nation’s borders to refugees from around the world, ordering that families fleeing the slaughter in Syria be indefinitely blocked from entering the United States. The US president also temporarily suspended immigration from predominantly Muslim countries - Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

In an executive order that he said was part of an extreme vetting plan to keep out "radical Islamic terrorists", Trump also established a religious test for refugees from Muslim nations: he ordered that Christians and others from minority religions be granted priority over Muslims.

"We don’t want them here," Trump said of Islamist terrorists during a signing ceremony at the Pentagon. "We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country, and love deeply our people."

Earlier in the day, Trump explained to an interviewer for the Christian Broadcasting Network that Christians in Syria were "horribly treated" and alleged that under previous administrations, "if you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible".

"I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them", the president said. In fact, the United States accepts tens of thousands of Christian refugees.

According to the Pew Research Center, almost as many Christian refugees (37,521) were admitted as Muslim refugees (38,901) in the 2016 fiscal year.

Rebuilding army  : Additionally, Trump signed a memorandum on Friday directing what he called "a great rebuilding of the armed services", saying it would call for budget negotiations to acquire new planes, new ships and new resources for the nation’s military. "Our military strength will be questioned by no one, but neither will our dedication to peace", Trump said.

Zuckerberg, Pichai flay Trump  : Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Jan 28,  Saturday criticised President Donald Trump’s decision to severely limit immigrants and refugees from certain Muslim-majority countries, reports say.