What does it mean to be an American?

Washington

PRESIDENT Donald Trump's executive order to temporarily ban entry into the United States of citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from around the world has produced an eruption of furious responses across the country.

A massive wave of protests has erupted in airport terminals and in New York, Boston, San Francisco and other major American cities, including tens of thousands of people who amassed outside the gates of the White House.

At the same time, major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, have harshly critic…