Retailers Nike and Adidas issued a statement about President Donald Trump’s recent executive order that temporarily bars citizens of seven countries for 90 days and suspends the U.S. refugee program for for 120 days.
“Nike believes in a world where everyone celebrates the power of diversity. Regardless of whether or how you worship, where you come from or who you love, everyone’s individual experience is what makes us stronger as a whole,” Nike CEO Mike Parker said a public note.
“Those values are being threatened by the recent executive order in the U.S. banning refugees, as well as visitors, from seven Muslim-majority countries. This is a policy we don’t support.”
“Some companies have already voiced their concerns about this decision and we join them in their call for an open and diverse society and culture in the U.S. and around the globe. It goes without saying that our commitment to the U.S. market and our people in America remains unchanged despite this current political climate,” the global retail giant stated.
After the statement, users on Reddit’s popular, pro-Trump forum called for a Nike boycott, while noting that Nike is in no position to make statements on morality after it used sweatshops in past decades.
Trump has repeatedly defended his order, saying it’s not a “Muslim ban,” which some critics have claimed, while others have noted that 42 other Muslim-majority nations are not included in the order, including the largest, most-influential Muslim-majority countries like Pakistan, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia.
