Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Look Who’s Not in Trump’s Travel Ban

Five majority-Muslim countries are covered. Four aren’t. Guess where the president does business.

June 26, 2018 at 8:00 PM UTC

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

Animus and avarice.
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

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President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Tuesday after the Supreme Court upheld his travel ban targeting immigrants from five mostly-Muslim countries.

The court "has upheld the clear authority of the President to defend the national security of the United States," Trump said in a statement released by the White House. "In this era of worldwide terrorism and extremist movements bent on harming innocent civilians, we must properly vet those coming into our country."