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Old Jan 27, 2017 | 3:07 pm
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Whatever the order is, it's signed at this point. Bizarrely, Donald gave the vaguest possible description of what he was signing - he didn't describe it as fulfilling his campaign promise of a "Muslim ban" despite the emphasis on keeping campaign promises this week. CNN reported immediately that it's basically the same as the leaked draft with at least a 30 day ban for Iran and some sort of ideological test, though Guardian is noting that nobody actually has a copy of what he signed yet. Crazy...

Edit: he did actually announce "we all know what that means" in the same breath as the order's title. I guess that could be a veiled signal to the base, depending on how you want to hear it.

Second edit, 6:54pm: The National Iranian Americans' Council, which is what we have for a Persian lobby in this country, just posted a couple minutes ago that even they don't have any idea what was actually signed at the Pentagon ceremony. Is it normal to wait so long to hear what's actually in an executive order?

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