Arnold Schwarzenegger slams Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ saying it makes US ‘look stupid’
The actor, who now hosts the billionaire's show Celebrity Apprentice, said the White House was 'ill-prepared'
ARNOLD Schwarzenegger has hit out at Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, saying it makes the US "look stupid."
The actor said the White House was "ill-prepared to put this kind of" directive out there.
Trump signed off an executive order on Friday which stopped individuals from seven predominantly Muslim countries which are considered to be 'terror prone' from entering America.
Schwarzenegger, who was Governor of California for eight years, from 2003 - 2011, said: "You go in there new, you have a new team, and mistakes are made; I hope this is a wake-up call for them."
Speaking to the US TV show, he added: "I think the real problem is that it was vetted badly."
Schwarzenegger has succeeded Trump on the show Celebrity Apprentice, and added he thought the President's team was still trying to find its way: "If they would run this by the Justice Department and Homeland Security, and had the lawyers really study and focus on it and give it some time to do it the right way."
He added he thought they were "hasty" in issuing the directive.
The Conan the Barbarian star went on: "To go and ban people who have a green card, that means that the United States of America has given you permission to work here permanently and you are on the way to permanent citizenship. ... I was in that position. ... It's crazy.
"It's crazy and makes us look stupid when the White House is ill-prepared to put this kind of executive order out there."
Schwarzenegger came to the US in 1968 from Austria.
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He and Trump are executive producers on the US program Celebrity Apprentice and have exchanged criticism of each other in recent weeks.
The President has slammed Schwarzenegger on Twitter saying his ratings aren't as good on the show.
Schwarzenegger meanwhile has hit out at Trump's selection of Sonny Perdue as the secretary of agriculture over Abel Maldonado, who worked as California's lieutenant governor for a time.
However, while the actor was critical of the 'ban', it has been lauded as a good move in some quarters.
Australian politicians supported the decision Pauline Hanson, who is the leader of One Nation party, said it didn't go far enough.
She tweeted on Monday: "President Trump's protections against Islamic extremism are a good start but I would go further and include Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia."
Senator Hanson said Trump should target states with known links to Islamic extremism.
She suggested this could reduce the threat of terror attacks; "The people of America have elected Donald Trump because they wanted to regain control of their borders and protect themselves against the influence and threat of radical Islamic terrorism,' she said in a statement.
Travellers from Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Syria, Somalia, Libya and Yemen are currently banned from entering the United States for 90 days.