Donald Trump has banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the US and launched a probe into aides of Joe Biden for allegedly concealing his mental decline, in a sharp expansion of his anti-immigrant policies and retribution against his political foes.
The moves by Trump were part of a burst of actions announced by the White House late on Wednesday, marking a new divisive turn in his second term in office.
The sweeping ban on entry for foreign nationals from certain countries evoked the “Muslim ban” he introduced during his first term, while the probe into Biden and his aides followed through on his election campaign vows to investigate his predecessor.