Unfortunate decision

The recent Supreme Court decision to uphold the last revision of the president's immigration ban on certain countries is an unfortunate decision. Aside from North Korea and Venezuela, all of the banned nations have Muslim majority populations. Yet, five majority Muslim countries were not included in the ban. The Court should have looked at that and asked why.

One of the countries not included in the ban is Saudi Arabia. The president sees them as an opponent to Iran, but Saudi Arabia is the nation that gave the world Osama Bin Laden and the 9/11 hijackers. Fifteen of the 19 were citizens of Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates and one each from Egypt and Lebanon.

A second country not included is Indonesia, which is home to the greatest number of believers in the Islamic faith compared to any other nation.

What do these two countries have in common?

They both are home to Trump branded properties. In Indonesia, the president has investors for a Trump-branded and Trump-company managed hotel and 18-hole golf course in West Java near Jakarta and for another similar project in Bali.

Trump has tried to do the same in Saudi Arabia but has not yet succeeded with that. In 1991, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal purchased Trump's yacht, Trump Princess. Trump was forced to sell because he was about $900,000,000 in debt. The same guy also in 1995 bought a New York City hotel for $325,000,000. The "Art of the Deal" author, now our president, had purchased that property for $390,000,000 in 1988. (This is our savvy businessman president?)

Three other countries are noticeably missing from that list: Egypt, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. They all do business with Trump for the express purpose of profiting him. None of them were included in the immigration ban.

Is this how the United States should make foreign policy decisions?

--Mark Bordsen, Colfax