The subject of Texas seceding from the US was certain to come up after Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union this week. Forbes sparred with Trump several years ago by refusing to sell his home on the tract of land Trump transformed into a golf course.
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Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States has been a central issue of his campaign – but he has described the ban differently in the weeks since the mass shooting in Orlando. The American electorate is far more diverse and Trump is deeply unpopular with minority voters, a serious weakness dogging his Republican candidacy.
It seemed to be a softening of Trump’s initial call, made in December, for a “total and complete shutdown” of all Muslims attempting to step foot on US soil.
His spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, told CNN Saturday that Trump supports barring only Muslims from “terror states”, not all Muslims. “The only people who say they don’t want it are the people that were never asked, OK”. “I want people that have bad thoughts out”. While the timing of the trip was not linked to Thursday’s referendum, the U.K.’s surprising vote dominated the questioning of the presumptive Republican nominee for US president. The move followed weeks of waning numbers, reactive strategy, and reported of infighting within the Trump campaign.
The next day Trump flew to Scotland’s opposite coast, to the golf course he built on sand dunes north of Aberdeen, then had dinner with media giant Rupert Murdoch. That prospect “wouldn’t bother me”, the Washington Post quoted Trump as saying.
“The majority of people, whether in the United States, in Europe, or certainly in rapidly advancing parts of the world like Asia – those folks recognize that the world has shrunk, and that if the rules are structured properly, this gives them more opportunity, not less, to succeed”, Obama said.
Even as Trump limits which Muslims would be included in the ban, he has continued to make religion the basis of the ban. “Brexit is a wakeup call for the Clinton team”, said Scott Reed, chief strategist for the US Chamber of Commerce. He ended up holding court at four separate holes. Reporters piled into golf carts and ran along fairways to keep up. Trump has claimed to Scottish authorities that he lost money on the court, and it has yet to host a major tournament.
Though Trump boasted he won his zoning battles with the town, the owners of two houses that line the course remain unbowed.
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Anti-Trump campaigners waved Mexican flags – a response to his comments about building a wall at the border of Mexico – and carried signs reading “Humpty Trumpty” and “Trump is a bawbag”.
