Source: Dawn

No matter how much he tries to portray himself as a champion of the white working class, US President Donald Trump is pitting himself against his country’s heritage with his latest executive orders against immigrants.

Given his way, which is now a foregone conclusion that he will get, he will build a wall not only with the border of Mexico, but around the entire country through executive actions that seek to bar refugees, curb immigration and deny visas to citizens of certain countries.

More damaging is the fact that the countries named in the yet to be signed executive order whose citizens will be denied visas for an unspecified period are all Muslim states, some of which have been bombed or invaded by US forces. At least one, Iraq, is an allied government engaged in a fight against the same terrorist groups that Mr Trump says he wants to bomb out of existence.

Dealing with the labyrinthine complexities of the Middle East requires sound judgement and subtlety, qualities that Mr Trump clearly doesn’t possess and that the executive orders reportedly waiting for his signature lack even more.