Trump has mused about another threat sure to send chills down Republican spines: the possibility of mounting a third-party candidacy, should he feel that he’s been treated unfairly.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted early this morning that he was postponing his trip to Israel until “after I become President”.
Because of the sensitivity of the topic – and wary of saying something that, if leaked, would provoke Trump to bolt the party and mount an independent bid – Priebus and McConnell were mostly quiet during the back and forth.
They were also told how leaders across the political spectrum condemned Trump’s plan and said it would actually have the opposite effect by alienating the allies needed to fight ISIS. “I will not support Donald Trump for president of the United States, no matter what the circumstances”.
The White House had said that his comments about Muslims “disqualified” him from running for the presidency. Trump had said he would consider such an option but later promised not to do so.
“Immigration’s not a right, it’s a privilege”.
Voters were also asked if the proposal to ban Muslims made them more or less likely to voter for Trump.
“If we wanted, as a nation, we could keep everybody out of the country“, William Baer said. Josh Youssef from New Hampshire said it seems that a majority of the recent terror activities have been perpetrated by Muslims, and Gerald DeLemus from New Hampshire said he believes that the teachings of the Quran conflict with the United States Constitution.
Trump’s “highly respected” pollsters- Who are they? “Only the criminals now have guns”, said Paula Yoel Johnson from New Hampshire.
“He’s good at making astonishing speeches that make people sit up and take notice”, said Mr Paxton. “Guns aren’t risky. They are if they were in the hands of someone who’s not qualified to have them”.
India’s Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar likened the explosive potential of Trump’s comments to “a nuclear bomb”.
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Another third said the plan makes them more likely to support Trump. “Chris Christie would have denied 3-year-old orphans if they were Muslim into this country“, she continued. “But that’s nothing I want to do”. She will go with him if he runs as a third-party candidate, and says she’ll bring her people with her. “The bigger problem we have is our inability to find out where these places are, because we’ve crippled our intelligence programs, both through unauthorized disclosures by a traitor, in Edward Snowden, or by some of the things this president has put in place with the support even of some from my own party to diminish our intelligence capabilities”.
