Originally Posted by
nolimitholdem
US operators are not exempt. There are simply no US airlines operating direct flights to the US from the listed countries.
Your shrill little anti-American anti-Trump rant is embarrassing.
US operators are only 'exempt' as they don't fly to those locations as they are rubbish and nobody will use them. they pulled out because they were soundly beaten and are
bricks that the ME3 will show them up on their home turf for what they are.
Of course its an economic attack - the USG is simply protecting its home market and avoiding even more US citizens seeing how good the ME3 are, how bad the US carriers are and by how much the US guys are ripping them off. Trump has learned from his crude attempt on immigration to come up with a plausible excuse first, and then prevent the competition from entering the USA.
The whole argument about hold vs cabin is fatuous. If someone is going to mount an attack, they will simply come from another location which is not on the list.