Trump's policies come home to roost

Yesterday a Welsh man was barred entry to the United States. Mohammed Miah was born in Wales and speaks in the broad lilts of the Port Talbot where he was raised. Of course he was not denied entry because he is Welsh. He was barred because of his name, his Arab appearance and the fact that he is an adherent of the Muslim faith.

Here we see Trump's racist policies coming right to our doorstep - Port Talbot is barely 30 miles from where I live. I always thought discrimination on the grounds of race or religion was against the spirit, if not the letter, of the American Consitution. Guess I was wrong. I also thought his ban on Muslims entering the US had been put on hold, pending an appeal to the Supreme Court. Wrong again.

Take a look at the phone footage he took on WalesOnLine. You'll see a confused young man, expressing a feeling of deep humiliation as he is treated like a "common criminal". He doesn't have any kind of criminal record by the way, unless having dusky skin and a name like Mohammed is a crime. Which to the Americans apparently, it is.

There a number of countries I will not visit because I profoundly disapprove of the way they go about things: China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and a few others. Looks like I'm going to have to add the US to that list.