Trump's "Travel Ban" actually will HURT the US economy: My personal example

[Coventina]

My husband works for one of the US's few remaining major manufacturers.

He's a manufacturing engineer for them.

One of the company's critical pieces of equipment has been on the fritz for about a month now.
It is actually made in Germany by a well-known German engineering company.

German employees have been coming back and forth and working with my husband on this piece of critical equipment.
One was supposed to arrive at 8pm tonight, with a part that was supposed to finally fix the problem.
Now, the German company is not letting the guy travel because they have no guarantees on when/if the guy will be allowed to return or how he might be treated arriving at the airport so close to the ban (what if his flight gets delayed and misses the deadline, etc. etc.)

Now, this major American company cannot get their critical machinery repaired in a timely way, due to the insanity of this "ban" that really isn't a ban, but his petty vindictiveness over our European allies.

[Newest Reality]

1. I think it goes very deep...

That is, his motivations. I would watch them carefully during this crisis.

We probably can all agree that he is not, (as a sworn, public servant) at all concerned with our safety and well being as a people. He has shown that lack of empathy and concern for people over and over again.

Now, if we were devastated and thrown to our knees economically and politically, what benefit might that bring? Who would stand to gain?

[Ms. Toad]

2. Even with the stupid travel ban, there are options.

Ship the part (cargo is still permitted) and use conferencing technology for whatever discussions are needed to implement the repair.

[Coventina]

3. You would be astonished at how difficult that actually is.

Shipping parts for sophisticated machinery is extremely regulated and takes a really long time to get the paperwork in order.
That's why the guy was going to hand carry it.

No, it makes no sense that he can hand carry it, declare it at customs, and be cleared when shipping it requires all kinds of paperwork, permits, inspections by third parties, etc.

Yes, that will probably happen, but in the meantime it means weeks, yes I said WEEKS of delay in a vital process.

On edit: those weeks translate to literally millions of dollars of cost.