The Guardian: A mutiny among US diplomats appeared to be gathering steam on Monday as a draft memo circulated around foreign missions strongly dissenting against Donald Trump’s ban on refugee admission and travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.
The Trump administration is striving to regain its footing after a weekend of chaos, confusion and protest. The travel bans, apparently rushed and without consultation, provoked a backlash from politicians, businesses and organisations across the globe.
“We are better than this ban,” the memo said, arguing that it would backfire, making the US less safe from terrorism, and “stands in opposition to the core American and constitutional values that we, as federal employees, took an oath to uphold.
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