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The UK government wanted to set up an internal warning system to monitor and react to decisions made by President Donald Trump, emails show.
The emails reveal concerns about the impact of Mr Trump's travel ban on UK citizens and national security.
Officials did not want to be caught out by similar orders issued by the US president "just as London is going to sleep", one official said.
In the end, the new restrictions did not apply to British citizens with dual citizenship, but officials were keen not to be caught out again by the actions of President Trump.
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Sent: 30 January 2017 09:28
To: [REDACTED] Stephen Bridges (Sensitive); [REDACTED] Antonia Romeo (Sensitive);
[REDACTED] Chris O'Connor (Sensitive) [REDACTED]
Cc: [REDACTED] Patrick Davies (Sensitive); [REDACTED] Samantha Job (Sensitive);
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Subject: Consular: US Executive Order on in bound immigration to the US
OFFICIAL_SENSITIVE
All,
You will have seen media coverage over the weekend following President Trump’s Executive Order on temporary immigration measures to the US for those from Libya, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, and the potential implications for British nationals with dual nationality, or mono-British nationals who were born in one of these countries.
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Although we haven’t received any requests from British nationals over the weekend it is possible that some will come to light today. I’ve asked your Consular Teams to keep me informed of any detentions of British nationals who were affected by the new measures, and continue to do so moving forward.
British nationals asking for advice on whether they are affected by the measures should be referred to our Travel Advice and the statement from the FS.
As ever, happy to chat.
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I think its more of a pox on thee stupid scared leaders over there to take such stupid steps . I wonder if they also hang on every word that comes out of Putins mouth or is the Dr. Evil of the day just for Trump .
Its just further evidence of what a laughing stalk this guy is on the global stage that a ally like the UK actually considered this.
(emphasis mine)
The BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale said: "These emails show just how concerned the Foreign Office was about the flow of unexpected announcements emerging from the Trump White House and the potential impact on the UK."
"But we have to remember that this concern was also shared by other parts of the US administration that were at times equally blindsided by the president's early morning tweets," added our correspondent.
The media, and the idiots that believe it.
originally posted by: DexterRiley
(emphasis mine)
The BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale said: "These emails show just how concerned the Foreign Office was about the flow of unexpected announcements emerging from the Trump White House and the potential impact on the UK."
"But we have to remember that this concern was also shared by other parts of the US administration that were at times equally blindsided by the president's early morning tweets," added our correspondent.
The UK doesn't want to be blindsided by Trump's unhinged proclamations any more than the US does. I know I have awakened in the morning and be totally befuddled by some of the bat shiite crazy crap he tweets in the middle of the night.
-dex
originally posted by: antoinemarionette
originally posted by: DexterRiley
(emphasis mine)
The BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale said: "These emails show just how concerned the Foreign Office was about the flow of unexpected announcements emerging from the Trump White House and the potential impact on the UK."
"But we have to remember that this concern was also shared by other parts of the US administration that were at times equally blindsided by the president's early morning tweets," added our correspondent.
The UK doesn't want to be blindsided by Trump's unhinged proclamations any more than the US does. I know I have awakened in the morning and be totally befuddled by some of the bat shiite crazy crap he tweets in the middle of the night.
-dex
You are so right, and do notice the name calling and one-line replies from those with no reasoning or argument with which to respond.
I am not surprised that they took such measures and I commend them for it. Trump voters wanted to shake things up, and so they have. This is the direct result of the will of 1/3 of American voters. Bravo.
Have our allies, who fought with us against the Nazis in WWII, been treated with the dignity and respect they deserve?
originally posted by: loam
a reply to: OtherSideOfTheCoin
Syria, N.Korea and a whole slew of other countries aren't laughing.
But I understand your point. The left in the EU is as trapped in their own nonsensical bubble as is the rest of the left in the US.
originally posted by: SprocketUK
Why bother, just have some intern follow the Donald on twitter with instructions to ring the boss when they get a tweet. Simples.
Stupid bureaurocrats always overcomplicate things.