“I mean, did you ever hear of a Republican leading by 20 and 22 and 25 points, and all of a sudden I’m going to say ‘Oh, I’m going to return as an independent?’ It doesn’t work that way”.
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Trump said the liberals’ “all-time hero”, Roosevelt, “can do it and nobody says anything”.
Sources close to the right-wing Netanyahu said “he does not agree with everything said by every (US election) candidate”.
“But, my deal would be they treat me fairly and I’m going to treat them fairly”. The meeting has been scheduled for two weeks, well before Trump’s Muslim comments. He said that Trump’s ban would likely bar allies such as Jordan’s King Abdullah II from visiting the U.S.
He later defended his comments on U.S. network MSNBC, saying: “They have sections in Paris that are radicalised, where the police refuse to go”.
Joining the list of political leaders who denounced Trump’s call to ban Muslims was South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, who told reporters that Trump’s words were “absolutely un-American”.
“We are the ones looked at with a certain level of suspicion, which is understandable if people don’t know Muslims and they haven’t seen anything besides what they are watching on TV, because the coverage is available”, he said.
“He’s a good man, but I didn’t want to put him under pressure”, Trump told FOX News Thursday morning.
“This was not supposed to happen to them”, Trump said.
As an worldwide businessman I’ve enjoyed success over the years and I like to think that part of my achievement can be attributed to my Scottish roots.
When Kelly Ripa suggested that it might violate the freedom of religion protection afforded by the First Amendment, Trump said, “These are people who are outside of the country, so we’re not really talking about the constitution”.
Ali became a Muslim and changed his name from Cassius Clay during the height of his career as one of the greatest boxers in history.
London mayor Boris Johnson immediately dismissed Trump’s comments as “complete and utter nonsense” while a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron called the remarks “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong”.
“Mr Trump’s recent remarks have shown that he is no longer fit to be a business ambassador for Scotland”, a spokesman for the regional government said as he was dropped as a “GlobalScot” ambassador, a position he took up in 2006.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday he has cancelled his trip to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just a day after reports of the meeting surfaced.
