Trump travel ban v Biden travel ban

Last year Trump banned travel to China and was labeled a racist. (Biden accused Trump of xenophobia)
Now when Biden bans travel to India why does he gets a free pass?

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windinhishair · 61-69, M Best Comment

Trump's ban only covered Chinese nationals coming from China. He allowed American citizens to return to the US. Some undoubtedly were infected. None of them were quarantined, so the virus was able to gain or increase its foothold in the US.

Biden's ban on travel from India covers both foreign nationals and US citizens. US citizens who are traveling from India must still test negative prior to leaving the country, quarantine if they have not been vaccinated and test negative again upon reentering the US from India.

See the difference?

LeoWulf · 36-40, M

@windinhishair I won't fully agree with that assessment but that's close to a satisfactory answer. And quite civil response.

Pitchblue

@windinhishair When Trump let Americans return to the US he brought them back to only a few airports in the US. Flooding those airports with potentially infected people who just spent hours on planes together. Then he let them go home, all over the US. Also thousands of Chinese nationals and foreign residents of Hong Kong and Macao entered the U.S. after the ban.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@LeoWulf Thank you for Best Comment. If you think that additional information would clarify and improve my response, by all means add it.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@Pitchblue Yes. Chinese nationals entered the US through non-Chinese airports after the ban.

Pitchblue

@windinhishair Most of the infected people came from Europe.