You wrote, "He knows that it is inevitable that some of these refugees will make him look bad". Now I understand that, and correct me of I'm wrong, that "looking bad" means he knows some of those "refugees" aren't really refugees and people are going to get killed as a result. The point I was making that while it may be the "right thing", lets make ourselves feel good thing to do in accepting the refugees, while knowing that some of them will be terrorists, isn't the wisest move to make. People will die as a result of the presidents willingness to "look bad". His primary job is to defend Americans, not look like a nice f'n guy.
If "look bad" means committing acts of violence, you're right. I didn't mean it that way.
