--- title: Donald Trump Travel Ban: White House Considers Redo description: President Donald Trump expressed confidence Friday that his Administration’s travel ban would be sustained on appeal. canonical: https://time.com/4667525/donald-trump-travel-ban-appeal/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-10T19:02:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T12:06:10.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Says His Travel Ban Will Win in Court og:description: But White House staff might rewrite it anyway. og:url: https://time.com/4667525/donald-trump-travel-ban-appeal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b78cef7e7c59e46/6988b9befb4eac61a7890b97/donald-trump-travel-band.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump,Shinzo Abe og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Says His Travel Ban Will Win in Court twitter:description: But White House staff might rewrite it anyway. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b78cef7e7c59e46/6988b9befb4eac61a7890b97/donald-trump-travel-band.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Says His Travel Ban Will Win. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=52576f77-2a79-4fde-b063-cd97130a65b1&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Federal Appeals Refuses to Reinstate President Trump's Travel Ban [Watch (HLS stream): Federal Appeals Refuses to Reinstate President Trump's Travel Ban](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QN8X6onu.m3u8) (0:55)  _Published 2017-02-10. A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, dealing another legal setback to the new administration's immigration policy._ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:06 PM UTCPublished: Feb 10, 2017 7:02 PM UTC by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:06 PM UTCPublished: Feb 10, 2017 7:02 PM UTC President Donald Trump expressed confidence Friday that his Administration’s [ban on refugees and travel from seven majority-Muslim countries](http://time.com/4652552/president-trump-is-suspending-a-refugee-program-and-banning-visas-from-7-countries/) would be [sustained on appeal](http://time.com/4667127/donald-trump-immigration-ban-court-case/). Speaking to reporters during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, Trump said the [ban was necessary](http://time.com/4666551/travel-ban-donald-trump-ninth-circuit-appeals-decision/) to ensure American security. “We will continue to go through the court process, and I have no doubt that we will win that particular case,” Trump said in the East Room. “We are going to keep our country safe. We are going to do whatever is necessary to keep our country safe.” White House aides are contemplating rewriting the order in part, in order to reinstate it sooner while the legal process is under way. Trump hinted at additional security measures coming next week, but it was unclear whether he was referring to a new version of the order. “We’ll be doing something very rapidly having to do with additional security for our country,” Trump said. Trump repeated his assertion that since taking office he’s been briefed of a multitude of threats facing the country. “I’ve learned tremendous things that you could only learn if you are in a certain position,” he said. “I feel terribly confident that we will have tremendous security for the people of the U.S.,” Trump added. “We will be extreme vetting.” ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4667525/donald-trump-travel-ban-appeal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4667525/donald-trump-travel-ban-appeal/"},"headline":"President Trump Says His Travel Ban Will Win. 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