The statement was issued to the media a day after he mocked President Barack Obama’s speech from the Oval office on fighting the Islamic terror, and called for profiling Muslims. Tenants and business owners who work and live in Trump-branded buildings across the region are increasingly uneasy about being associated with the Donald – though many of these buildings are not actually owned by Trump himself.
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Turning the tables on Trump, some asked for the tycoon to be banned from entering the U.K. Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for Trump to be barred from entering the country. Trump’s remarks have been widely condemned for fueling anti-Muslim sentiments.
Earnest said other Republican presidential candidates, who have pledged to support the person who eventually wins their party’s nomination, should disavow Trump “right now”.
Labour’s Tulip Siddiq, MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, also called for Mr Trump to be banned from the United Kingdom after he claimed that parts of London were “so radicalised” that police were “afraid for their own lives”. “So many foolish people that refuse to acknowledge the tremendous danger and uncertainty of certain people coming into U.S.”, Trump tweeted. “That is not America, that is not our constitution”.
Contradicting earlier statements from his campaign, he said during another interview with ABC that American Muslims living overseas would be allowed to return under such a policy.
But other Republican candidates have used harsh words like “unhinged”, “offensive”, “divisive”, and “ridiculous” to condemn the idea.
Trump’s comments were not surprisingly trashed by Democrats and Muslim American activists. He continued, “I have great respect and love…I have people that I have tremendous relationships with, they’re Muslim, and Barbara, they agree with me 100%”.
“I don’t want to bring to bring them back at all”, Trump said.
The FBI said Monday the Muslim couple who carried out the massacre had been radicalized and had taken target practice at area gun ranges, in one case within days of the attack lasts week that killed 14 people.
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“This is not conservatism”, said Paul Ryan, the House speaker and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 2012.
