I am appalled at the unprecedented executive order from the US President Donald Trump to ban Syrians and Muslims from some Arab countries from the US at this day and time.

Has the new US President Trump dumped all the UN Principles of civilised and fair international behavior and good governance?

How is he promoting human rights which the US claims to defend everywhere - but now not at home?

Has the US ceased to be the “light and beacon on the hill”?

What kind of leadership and example is the raw US president showing to the whole world?

Trump should withdraw his disastrous executive order or face the resentment of the world and the prospects of a Dump Trump Campaign in the US itself.

We all pray that Trump will keep his wits and uphold truth and justice and protect the very spirit of the US constitution and that of its founding fathers.

Trump cannot afford to give the impression of being a ‘redneck bully’, please?

RAMON NAVARATNAM is chairperson of Asli/Centre for Public Policy Studies.