These non-aligned countries were mostly located in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. So the third world definition was political, not economic – meaning it included both wealthy and poor nations. Today, ‘third world country’ is often used to describe economically poor or developing nations, which doesn’t actually match the original Cold War definition.
Of course, this isn’t Trump’s first rodeo when it comes to banning people from certain countries from entering the US.
In January 2017, Trump signed Executive Order 13769, dubbed the ‘Muslim travel ban,’ which temporarily barred entry to the US for citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
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