Trump lifts Covid-19-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the UK, Ireland and Brazil

[Wicked Blue]

Last edited Mon Jan 18, 2021, 08:52 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: CNN

By Kaitlan Collins, Caroline Kelly and Gregory Wallace

(CNN) President Donald Trump on Monday lifted coronavirus-related travel restrictions for much of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brazil, effective on January 26 -- nearly a week after he leaves office.

In an executive order issued Monday evening, Trump said he had been advised to lift restrictions for European countries in the Schengen Zone, which consists of 26 countries, the UK, Ireland and Brazil but leave in place restrictions on travel from Iran and China.

"I agree with the Secretary that this action is the best way to continue protecting Americans from COVID-19 while enabling travel to resume safely," Trump wrote in the order, referring to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.

President-elect Joe Biden is set to take over the presidency on Wednesday and his incoming press secretary, Jen Psaki, said that his administration would not lift the restrictions.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/18/politics/trump-covid-travel-restrictions/index.html

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Because CNN updated its story, I UPDATED the last paragraph to add comment by Biden's press secretary saying the Biden administration will not list the restrictions

[C_U_L8R]

1. He's lighting the drapes on fire.

[Frustratedlady]

2. What an idiot! I'm beginning to believe he truly is trying to kill us all!

He surely knows Scotland warned him not to come there, right? It's called Covid avoidance...although I'd guess they don't like him being the main reason.

[LisaL]

3. Biden will cancel it.

NT

[C Moon]

28. He wants Biden to fail.

[Initech]

4. ...

[Judi Lynn]

5. Brazil is immediately behind the U.S. in the list of out-of-control Covid-19 countries. n/t

[EndlessWire]

6. Confused...

I thought it was reported that Joe planned to lift travel restrictions on his first day??

[liberalla]

26. I think that was the Muslim travel ban restrictions, which Biden will lift.

That's what I'd heard...

[IsItJustMe]

7. Burning it down on his way out the door.

UK has the mutated Covid-19 that is suppose to be twice as infectious as the stain we have now.
I am sure it is already traveling around the US, but this will only speed up the infection rate.

Good luck with that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Yes, sociopathic snit against Biden will kill people. . . nt

[thucythucy]

8. Does it matter?

European countries are restricting travelers from the US, and any European would have to be an idiot to come here when the entire country is going from peak to peak in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.

Maybe he wants to make it easier for his wanna be revolutionaries--those with money anyway--to flee before the 20th.

Otherwise it's difficult to see what difference this will make over the next two days.

[IsItJustMe]

9. It might. I know that Brazil has a little mini-t**** running it and his decision making

is no better. Their rates of infection are as bad as ours, if not worse.

[thucythucy]

13. Yeah, Brazil would be the exception.

Still difficult to see why anyone would want to come here now.

Especially if, when the travel restrictions come back Wednesday, leaving might become more difficult.

On the other hand, people may come fleeing from Brazil's mini-Trump administration. Which would be all right with me--progressive refugees from an authoritarian regime should always be welcome here. As long as they do a quarantine and get tested as soon as they arrive, and agree to wear masks and do social distancing for the duration of the crisis.

[torius]

10. China has little Covid

But he blocks them to keep up the blame.

[thucythucy]

14. People in China may well be glad we aren't going there and re-infecting them,

and also reluctant to come here because, well, uncontrolled plague.

We're like a ship carrying the Black Death into Venice.

No one right now who can possibly avoid it wants us to get near or to get near us.

MAGA-Making America a Global Anathema.

[halfulglas]

11. President Asshole thinks he has there right to lift ban 1 week after he's no longer president.

He's trying to kill more people after he's gone. He can lift this ban but not the ban of immigrants. What is he trying to prove?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Another shit he's taken on the buffet table

[PatSeg]

17. He's being destructive just to be destructive

He is a mindless, vindictive monster. Rick Wilson was right, everything Trump touches dies and it is intentional.

[BlueIdaho]

16. Cementing his position as

Worst President Ever..

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Yes, and Biden threw that at him in the first and raucous debate, right to his face

and Trump never answered it, not on the fly, not the next day, not ever.

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Love how Trump never makes the decisions, he follows what his appointees recommend

Real leadership!

[ashredux]

20. Throw the SOB in jail

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. Biden Rejects Trump Plan to Rescind EU, U.K., Brazil Travel Bans

(Bloomberg) -- President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration rejected a move by President Donald Trump to rescind coronavirus-related travel bans for non-American citizens arriving from the European Union, the U.K. and Brazil, which means the curbs will stay in effect.

Trump said in a White House announcement Monday that the bans could be lifted because of a decision last week by the administration to require international travelers to present either the results of a negative recent coronavirus test or evidence that they had already recovered from the disease. The change would go into effect starting Jan. 26, six days after Biden takes office.

But Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for Biden, said the incoming administration plans to block Trump’s move.

“On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26. In fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19,” she tweeted.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-rejects-trump-plan-to-rescind-eu-uk-brazil-travel-bans/ar-BB1cRUfu?ocid=DELLDHP&li=BBnb7Kz

[orangecrush]

22. He wants us all dead.

[iluvtennis]

23. trump is an ignorant jackass. nt

[LymphocyteLover]

24. So ridiculous. Fuck Trump.

[IronLionZion]

25. He's Saddam lighting the oil fields on fire on his way out of Kuwait

[Lasher]

27. Somebody tell Trump he won't be president on January 26.

I don't think he knows.

Thanks for the OP update BTW.

[SunSeeker]

29. Says the same guy who saw no reason to approve sending the National Guard on 1/6/2021...

...until over 2 hours AFTER the Capitol was breached!

[SuperCoder]

30. With the new UK and Brazillian coronavirus variants...

I am now convinced he is trying to kill us all.

[Wicked Blue]

31. Under orders from Putin, I suspect

Almost everything the Orange Traitor has done has been to diminish America's power, alliances, treaties, trade agreements, environmental efforts, pandemic control, and so much more. Or to benefit himself and his cronies financially.