A gay news anchor directly asked Presidential hopeful Donald Trump whether he is homophobic in an interview today.
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Asked about an incident at a town hall in September where a Trump supporter called President Obama a Muslim, Trump told CNN’s Don Lemon he would not change how he handled the situation.
“So I just did a speech for the African-American Chamber of Commerce in South Carolina”, Trump said.
Lemon ended the interview by saying, “and you’ve said that you are not anti-Muslim, so thank you for answering those questions”. And I agree that radicals are a problem.
“Do you think Muslims are a problem?”
“No. I think that I’m a very nice person”, Trump responded, alleging that he is viewed favorably in the polls by various demographics “across the board”.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday that a few Russian airstrikes appeared to be in places “where ISIL in fact are not present”. You have the migration. “You know why? Because they think I’m gonna do a great job for the country”. “There’s something going on”.
“If I ask you this question, will you answer directly?”
Wouldn’t you rather hear CNN reporters asking questions that matter instead of trying to catch a Republican candidate in a few Islamaphobic snare?
Before it was over, Lemon asked Trump if he is a racist or homophobe.
He added that he only attended the event as a favor “to a couple of friends who just happened to be African-American” – which doesn’t exactly help his cause – and that CNN did him and the black community a disservice by showing images of the event demonstrating that it was sparsely attended.
Trump said the USA should not act as the “policemen of the world” and faulted President Obama for Russia’s decision to act in Syria.
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“You know, a lot of people think you’re going to end up with World War III over the Middle East. I’ve heard that for 25 years”.
