In private dinner, George W. Bush criticizes Trump's decision to add North Korea to travel ban
Business Insider
ALLAN SMITH
Sep 29th 2017 2:31PM
In a private dinner Thursday night, former President George W. Bush was critical of President Donald Trump's decision to place added travel restrictions on North Korea as part of his administration's revised travel ban, a source present at the dinner told Business Insider.
The source told Business Insider that Bush suggested it would discourage dissidents and defectors from seeking their freedom from the reclusive country.
Bush said the US needs to encourage such pursuits and contrasted North Korea's addition to the travel ban with the North Korean Human Rights Act that Bush signed in 2004, the source said. The law offered support for North Korean human rights groups and dissidents.