Facing a backlash over his meeting with Trump, Netanyahu’s office on Wednesday issued a statement saying the prime minister “rejects” his remarks on Muslims, and that their planned encounter was simply in line with an established practice of meeting visiting United States presidential candidates. I also did it because I’m in the midst of a very powerful campaign that’s going very well and it was not that easy to do.
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About 55 percent of voters in both parties say Trump will be the Republican Party’s likely presidential nominee, with 25 percent calling him “very likely” and 30 percent “somewhat likely”.
“I have chose to postpone my trip to Israel and to schedule my meeting with @Netanyahu at a later date after I become president of the United States”, he tweeted.
“At the same time, Israel is fighting radical Islam which is attacking Muslims, Christians and Jews alike and threatens the entire world”, Netanyahu said.
A new poll found that two-thirds of American voters (64%) are either concerned about or afraid of a potential Donald Trump presidency-and that almost as many (57%) are concerned about or frightened of a potential Hillary Clinton presidency. He was booed after refusing to endorse Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.
Trump also attracted criticism last week when he challenged Obama to name a Muslim sports star (implying there were none).
“I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world”, Ali said in the statement.
Trump said his initial thought was, “Isn’t that disgusting for a presidential representative to make that comment?” Some of Trump’s rivals have used terms like “ridiculous” and “unhinged” to describe the idea, but Cruz has only publicly said that he disagrees with the plan.
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“I know why you’re not going to support me: you’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money”, Trump joked to the largely Jewish audience.
