Internet points out irony of Trump screening 'Finding Dory' during #MuslimBan

Maybe not the best idea.
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Finding Dory was snubbed when the Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday.

Now it's back in the news, this time because President Donald Trump is reportedly screening the movie at the White House for staff and family -- right in the middle of the furor over what is effectively a ban on Muslim immigrants.

CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller shared news of Trump's family movie screening, which will be shown in the White House Family Theater on Sunday afternoon. Indeed, in a presidential schedule shared with press, a movie screening is planned for 3 p.m.

Meanwhile, protesters are flooding airports across the country to object to Trump's immigration ban targeting all refugees -- specifically those hoping to escape civil war in Syria -- and citizens from Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, all largely Muslim nations.

Trump has business dealings in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey, three majority-Muslim nations not included in the ban.

That the White House selected to screen Finding Dory -- the story of a character's attempt to reunite with her parents despite outside forces working against her -- is an irony not lost on the internet.

But sure, Trump family, enjoy your movie.

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