It was one of the stunning headlines of the 2016 USA Presidential Election. Donald Trump was going to ignore the First Amendment of the US Constitution and its religious freedom protections. He was going to block all Muslims from entering the USA, have a Muslim Registry where all members of the Muslim Faith were going to have to register.

When the proposals were made, there was a horrific cry across America on the brazen abandonment of The Constitution. A wholesale disregard for the law, American values, and common decency was appalling to most Americans.

Images of the 1930s Germany with Jews wearing the Star-of-David were plastered across social media. However, not everyone was turned off. Bigotry and xenophobia are common in America. They are more common than we like to face. There is deep ethnic and religious hate in the USA and Donald Trump rode hate to an Electoral College victory in spite of approximately 2 million people voting for his opponent, Hillary Clinton than voted for the winner. We have a Republic and not a direct Democracy.

Even before the election was over, The Times of Israel reported that Trump sent campaign envoys to speak with Arab Embassies in Washington with the message to ignore his rhetoric on the campaign trail, it would not reflect how he would govern.

Lo and behold, six days ago, President-Elect Trump’s spokesperson, Kellyanne Conway in an interview with CNN repeatedly stated that someone’s religious beliefs would not be standing for increased scrutiny. She also affirmed that there would be no ban on immigration solely based on an applicant’s religion.

Yet, the very next day, Mr. Trump seemed to contradict Ms. Conway’s assertions, suggesting he may reinstate the ban in the wake of the Berlin bombings.

This idea appeals to the “the-only-good-Arab-is-a-dead-Arab” folks in America in which there are many. For some strange reason, Mr. Trump doesn’t seem to understand the campaign is over.

His stating his previous support for the proposal may be a head-fake to White Supremacists who are starting to figure out they have been used. In an article in The Guardian, the White Supremacists are threatening a backlash if Trump doesn’t put a White Supremacist into office. If you speak to the far left, they will assert he already has put them in high positions. However, like the far right and Obama eight years ago, the left is looking at Trump’s picks through partisan goggles. There is not a White Supremacist in the lot so far in spite of partisan protests to the contrary.

Jared Taylor, a White Supremacist told The Guardian, “at first he promised to send back every illegal immigrant. Now he is waffling on that.” It is becoming clear to some in the movement that they won’t be shaping policy and their only voice in the new Administration will be social media trolling. In short, they will have no voice. Donald Trump only wanted their vote, not their voice that's apparent.

Some also are excited about Trump punishing Arab states. On really, if you think that then you don’t recognize the reality of running a modern economy on no oil, or very high priced oil. Again, Trump's emissaries dispelled this fantasy to the International Community before the end of the election.

The popular social media fantasy that the days of gunboat diplomacy practiced by GW Bush will be back. They won’t be back anytime soon. The President doesn’t have the power to shoot first and ask questions later. It takes Congressional Authorization for military action. While the War Powers Act does give a 90-day window before Congressional authorization is required, good luck getting the money to finance these fantasy military adventures fantasies of the Trump Crowd. It won't be forthcoming easily and not without good cause.

About the only power, Mr. Trump will have is to tweet some mean tweets in their direction, absent a direct attack on America. Sorry, Trump supporters, in many ways, it will be business as usual.

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