Finding Dory, the long-awaited sequel to Pixar's Finding Nemo, enjoyed rave reviews and the highest-grossing animated film opening ever recorded when it opened last summer. The family film picks up with forgetful Blue Tang fish Dory, who, due to her short-term memory loss, has not only lost her parents, but forgotten most of what she knew about them. Over the course of the next 97 minutes, Dory makes friends with creatures from different backgrounds to make her way back home across the ocean.

This was the film that Donald Trump chose for his first White House screening as US president. While the aquatic adventure entertained Trump's guests, thousands of green card holders, visa holders and pre-approved refugees from seven countries in the Middle East and Africa were kept at airports and taken off flights internationally, after his executive order on Friday afternoon.

The order inspired thousands to gather and protest in a park across from the White House on Sunday afternoon.

As Albert Brooks, who voiced Nemo's worrisome father Marlin in the film, posted on Twitter, the choice of film was an unfortunate one given the circumstances: