For most of the week, President Donald Trump’s executive order regarding immigration made headlines, sparking not only protests at U.S. airports, but also comments from several CEOs of U.S. companies. Meanwhile, the President signed a new executive order on Friday dramatically scaling back Dodd-Frank, after meeting with top executives from major companies.

IMMIGRATION EXECUTIVE ORDER: Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order indefinitely barring Syrian refugees from entering the U.S., suspending all refugee admissions for 120 days and blocking citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the country for 90 days. Following the announcement, several CEOs of major U.S. companies voiced their doubts and concern over the potential impact of this action. Among those who commented on this executive order were the CEOs of Starbucks (SBUX), Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), Tesla (TSLA), IBM (IBM), and Goldman Sachs (GS).

DELTA AIR LINES: On Monday, shares of Delta Air Lines (DAL) were under pressure after President Trump deflected the blame for airport chaos on his immigration executive order and accused the company’s temporary tech outage of causing “big problems” at airports. Using his Twitter account, the President said: “Only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning. Big problems at airports were caused by Delta computer outage.”

GENERAL MOTORS, FORD: Commenting on possible anti-U.S. pushback in China as a result of President Trump’s policies, Piper Jaffray analyst Alexander Potter told investors that while only 47% of General Motors’ (GM) total volume in China stems from hallmark American brands like Chevrolet, Buick, and Cadillac, he thinks these brands represent more than 70% of its joint venture income in China, due to higher pricing than its Chinese brands. While the analyst recommended owning both General Motors and Ford (F), he told investors that in the context of a Trump presidency, the latter may be better positioned given its smaller China business. Ford has less to lose and has also relatively little reliance on Mexican imports, Potter contended.

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