Yet, while interest in the president’s remarks quickly faded thereafter, Trump’s notion of a Muslim travel ban has continued to spark sustained conversation on Twitter.
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The home secretary, said the Home Office, can exclude people, but there is at this time no suggestion that would this would take place regarding Trump.
He wrote about his Turnberry Resort, which “will have massive ballrooms, complete room refurbishments”.
“As an Israeli citizen, I ask that the state treat the racism against me in the same way it would relate to racism against Jews”, said Issawi Freij, an Arab member of the leftist Meretz party.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has also stripped Mr Trump of his status as a business ambassador for Scotland, while Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University has revoked Mr Trump’s honorary degree, which he received in 2010 in recognition of his achievements as an entrepreneur and businessman.
The Republican firebrand, who is facing fierce criticism from around the world over his call for Muslims to be barred from entering the United States, had been set to meet with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on December 28.
“The U.K. has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech”, the petition says.
A new poll out today by Bloomberg Politics shows that 65% of likely Republican primary voters back Donald Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S.
The decision came just days after Trump provoked an global uproar by calling for Muslims, including would-be immigrants, students and tourists, to be blocked from entering the country after last week’s shootings in California by two Muslims who authorities said were radicalized.
Remarks by the property billionaire that police feared for their lives in parts of London due to radicalisation also caused a social media outcry and drew the ire of the capital’s mayor, Boris Johnson. They were also told that Trump has said it is needed until more is known about the threat and that the nation “cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad”.
Parliament will now have to consider debating barring Mr Trump from entering the United Kingdom after the petition surpassed the 100,000 signatures mark.
Concerned that Mr Trump could run as an independent, Republican leaders persuaded the NY businessman to pledge to support the eventual nominee.
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GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump told CNN Wednesday there would be exemptions to his proposed ban on Muslims and that he would work within the Constitution and with other countries to enforce it. Think about that before you jump on the Trump-bashing bandwagon.
