To do that, Trump said his presidential administration would oppose “oppression of women, gays and people of different faiths” and would be allies with, and amplify the voices of, “moderate Muslim reformers in the Middle East”. “He favors “extreme vetting” – as far as I know that is a skateboarding term”, Steel told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
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He has struggled to stay on message and build a consistent case against Democrat Hillary Clinton, repeatedly causing problems for the White House race with provocative comments that have deeply frustrated many in his own party.
In addition to the use of overwhelming military force, Trump emphasized the war against radical Islamist terrorism needed to be fought at an ideological level and with use of tools such as cyberwarfare to prevent ISIS from using the Internet to recruit more fighters.
He went on to state that the United States should be prepared to indulge in thorough vetting so that “any hostile attitude towards our country or its principles, or who believed sharia law should supplant American law”.
In a speech in OH on Monday, Donald Trump reminded us once again of his severe Islamophobia after calling for a more stringent USA immigration test to admit only “those who share our values and respect our people” in an attempt to combat ISIS. Visa applicants already must answer questions about whether they have ever engaged in, or intend to engage, in any form of terrorist activity, along with questions such as whether they’ve ever ordered, incited, called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise participated in activity that includes “limiting or denying any person’s ability to exercise religious beliefs”.
Trump is facing an urgent need to counter a Clinton campaign charge that could pose an existential threat to his campaign – the idea that he lacks the knowledge and gravitas to be commander-in-chief – and to quell panic among Republicans who fear he is driving their ticket into the ground.
They say the government would use questionnaires, social media, interviews with friends and family or other means to determine if applicants support USA values like tolerance and pluralism.
“Donald Trump proposed an ideological “test” to ensure that potential immigrants support American values”. What some may consider to be “support (for) bigotry and hatred” may be, in another person’s view, an expression of free speech protected by the First Amendment.
Which countries exactly? That’s TBD. The campaign has yet to say whether additional screenings would apply to the millions of tourists who spend billions of dollars visiting the United States each year. “We will stop processing visas from those area until such time as it is deemed safe to resume based on new circumstances or new procedures”, he said.
It was not clear if the millions of tourists who visit the U.S. each year would be subject to the additional screenings.
Furthermore, Mr. Trump vowed to end US nation-building efforts and team up with whichever countries backed the campaign to eradicate radical Islamic terrorism, including Russian Federation.
Trump has not broached the topic of how much it would cost to set up and run his new vetting system. He hopes Trump can follow through on his proposed policies.
Since Donald Trump called for temporarily banning Muslims from entering the US, he has tried to expand, narrow or otherwise redefine the polarizing proposal that helped win him the Republican primary but has posed a greater challenge in the general election campaign.
Also, Trump didn’t specify what countries would be affected by this new test.
“Were there to be a Trump presidency – and I think that’s slightly less likely than more likely that that will occur – he would trash basically the structure of alliance relationships and trade relationships in our immediate region. I’m looking now at territory”, he said in a July interview with NBC News, suggesting the change was more about language.
“If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn’t put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20 percent”, he tweeted Sunday.
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“That kind of talk just scares me”, Hertling said. Trump had promised to release his list of “terror countries” soon. Last week, he called them the “founders of ISIS”, a phrasing he did not repeat in Monday’s speech.
