Trump Hotels Is Getting Massive Twitter Backlash Over Travel Ban
Entertainment Gabe Zaldivar January 30, 2017
The Trump Hotels brand saw a lot of Twitter reaction to a tweet sent out a little over five years ago.
Simply, it was just that kind of weekend.
As RT.com spotted, many across the social media channel had an absolute field day with what would have been nothing more than a forgotten tweet sent on an October day back in 2011, but thanks to an executive order that turned the travel industry into an ongoing mess of protests, detained migrants and complete confusion many were left little recourse but to vent online.
Donald Trump’s executive order had a tremendous and immediate impact on travel into the country for those coming from seven nations, which includes those seeking refuge from the turmoil in Syria.
In the short term, it even means immigrants legally here are being advised at the moment not to travel.
So you could see how the last question you might ask at a moment like this is one’s favorite travel moment. During the last few days, nothing seemed all that wonderful or promising about the prospect.
Well, Trump Hotels asked that very thing in 2011:
Tell us your favorite travel memory - was it a picture, a souvenir, a sunset? We'd love to hear it!
— Trump Hotels (@TrumpHotels) October 11, 2011
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At some point, someone in the crowd of amazed and frustrated travelers remembered the tweet and set out to answer the question, if not a little late.
Here are just some of the replies.
@TrumpHotels They escaped concentration camps and a country devastated by war. They weren't turned away and I'm here today because of it.
— Cate Sevilla (@CateSevilla) January 29, 2017
@DavidWalk3 @TrumpHotels That was eight days ago.
— Jolly (@jolly1766) January 28, 2017
.@TrumpHotels hearing about my grandfather's perilous trip to America by boat as a child alone. I wonder if he would be let in today?
— Noah Scalin (@NoahScalin) January 29, 2017
@TrumpHotels The sign says: "This is an international border. You can walk across if you like."
— Tim Ward (@TimWardCam) January 28, 2017
@TrumpHotels That time my parents fled apartheid South Africa and immigrated to America where my father became an advocate for abused children.
— Joshua Hale Fialkov (@JoshFialkov) January 29, 2017
And, lastly:
That time I fled Communist Romania to a refugee camp in Austria, came to America, & years later became an exec @Google creating 10ks of jobs https://t.co/iaerM5gLHc
— Laszlo Bock (@LaszloBock2718) January 29, 2017
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