President Donald Trump remains steady despite thousands of people protesting in London and cities around the U.K. against a controversial travel ban mainly targeting Muslim countries. The move by Trump has attracted critics from different parts of the world. At the moment, a petition calling for PM Theresa to cancel Mr. Trump’s visit to the U.K. has already attracted over 1.5 million signatures.
Despite a healthy relationship that U.S. and U.K. have had in the past, M.P.s in the U.K. against Trump measures are now holding emergency debates to discuss immigration measures. It came after intense calls on Mrs to say whether she was briefed on the controversial travel ban when she met Mr. Trump in Washington last week.
Demonstrations also took place in Manchester, where about 3,000 people joined. Crowds also protested in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Newcastle, Sheffield, Oxford, Cambridge, Brighton, Gloucester, Leeds, York, Liverpool, Leicester, and several other towns and cities.
On Monday, Donald Trump fired a remnant of Obama’s administration, Sally Yates, after defying orders to enforce the president’s executive orders. Yates questioned the legality of Trump’s immigration ban before ordering the lawyers to enforce the orders.
Her dismissal has sparked further protest, with critics naming it the “Monday Night Massacre.” That’s a reference to President Richard Nixon’s Saturday night sacking of his attorney general during the depths of the Watergate scandal of 1973. A president forced out the last time top justice department officials.
A handful of Republicans in Congress have come out with varying levels of objection to the program. Although the Republican leadership is playing along for the moment, that could change quickly if the political heat increases. The president may have broad powers in setting immigration policy, but Congress can pass legislation that overrules him at any time.
Meanwhile, Democrats are scrambling to take advantage of the political opportunity.
“History will judge where America’s leaders stood today,” Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois said. It was a warning some of his party’s 2020 presidential contenders seemed to take to heart.
Suppose this trend continues to mount where most U.S. citizens and the rest of the world turn on the president. In that case, Mr. Trump may find his power and influence starting to shake before his administration even gets fully underway.
