But during his recent visit to Scotland, Trump reportedly said it wouldn’t bother him if Scottish Muslims came to the US.
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“I know the news media was reporting that the initial ban was against all Muslims, and that simply was not the case”, she said. However, given different statements to various news sites, Trump’s view on the matter seemed more muddled than ever.
Just a couple weeks ago, after the deadliest mass shooting in USA history, phrases like “Trump pushes expanded ban on Muslims” and “Trump hardens stance on Muslims” dominated headlines.
That “wouldn’t bother me”, the billionaire responded.
His apparent retreat from his pledge of a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” has been so belated and cynical that it is impossible to know what he actually thinks about the issue.
Suffice it to say that revising an offensive position after six months and only when it is to your political advantage to pivot toward the center is hardly a mark of statesmanship or a credit to your wisdom. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us.
“He initially said he wanted to deport the 11 million people”, Arpaio said. “Now, any class – it really is determined and to be determined by the president for the interests of the United States”. Now it would be limited to a ban focusing on “terrorist” countries. Additionally, it did not specify what “proven history of terrorism” consisted of.
Donald Trump speaks to a crowd of supporters during a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona. “Mr. Trump still wants to stop individuals from coming into their country who can not be vetted”, Pierson said. Trump called NBC News to say Christians from Syria would be “vetted very, very seriously”, without clarifying whether they would be allowed into the United States or not.
Roy Beck, the executive director of NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for stricter immigration laws, tried to make sense of Trump’s comments.
Instead, Trump reached deep into his primary campaign’s greatest hits catalog, going on a lengthy bit about his support for waterboarding. If before he was ready to deport all Muslims and Mexicans back to their nations, this time, Donald Trump is appealing to a more reasonable stance on immigration.
Afterward, [Hope] Hicks said in an email that Trump’s ban would now just apply to Muslims in terror states, but she would not confirm that the ban would not apply to non-Muslims from those countries or to Muslims living in peaceful countries.
The Republican frontrunner, who has previously said the United States should seriously consider “profiling” Muslims, is now shifting his rhetoric and taking a softer, more gentle approach.
He did not clarify what he meant by “terror states”. Mr. Trump wants to stop individual from coming into this country who cannot be vetted. “I want people that have bad thoughts out”.
Did Donald Trump just soften his Muslim ban proposal?
It has thus far not answered the questions.
Has Donald Trump lifted his Muslim ban? He gave no indication his position had changed: “Greta, as you know it’s temporary“, he said.
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While strolling through his Aberdeen golf course, Trump also addressed a number of other issues, including the recent British referendum to leave the European Union known as Brexit, a vote that sent worldwide markets spiraling into chaos on Friday.
