Trump now proposes only Muslims from terrorism-heavy countries would be banned from U.S.

[TomCADem]

Source: Washington Post

BALMEDIE, Scotland — Donald Trump has revised his proposed ban on foreign Muslims, with spokeswoman Hope Hicks saying Saturday that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee only wants to ban Muslims from countries with heavy terrorism.

Hicks said in an email that her boss took this new position — which is a dramatic scaling back of the position he first took in early December — during a policy speech nearly two weeks ago. In that speech, Trump did not mention Muslims and called for a temporary ban on "certain people coming from certain horrible — where you have tremendous terrorism in the world, you know what those places are." At the time, it appeared that Trump was expanding his ban to include more people, not limiting its scope.

The issue came up Saturday as Trump gave reporters a tour of his golf course on Scotland's eastern coast. During one of four stops along the 18-hole course, a reporter asked Trump if he would be okay with a Muslim from Scotland coming into the United States and he said it "wouldn't bother me."

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Even as Trump limits which Muslims would be included in the ban, he has continued to make religion the basis of the ban. In an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Dec. 8, Trump said that customs agents or border guards would be charged with asking people: "Are you Muslim?" If the answer was yes, then that person would not be allowed into the country, Trump said.


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Trump now gives the corporate news networks some coverage to allow them to normalize him as moving to the mainstream.

[Socal31]

1. We may think it's crazy.

But one or two more attacks on US soil, and the human nature knee-jerk would send voters his way.

Patriot Act, Rendition, Iraq, drone striking US citizens with no trial....

It is sad what the masses will support in the name of "safety".

[IronLionZion]

10. What's crazy is that he benefits from terrorism

He wants it to happen.

One muslim mass shooting draws attention away from 100 non-muslim mass shootings, and countless other shootings throughout this country.

[Mrdie]

2. His reference to Scotland is funny, because...

A disaffected Muslim youth born in Western Europe is a lot more likely to turn to groups like ISIS than immigrants directly coming from Syria, Afghanistan and other countries where people have to endure the consequences of religious fundamentalism (and ISIS itself) first-hand.

But hey, I'm sure that the Muslim from Scotland acts "more white" than someone who lived their early life in Iraq or wherever, so using the stupid logic of xenophobes they must be "safe" whereas Muslims from Muslim-majority countries must be scary.

[Roy Rolling]

3. Same problem for them

Ironically, having a reliable list of foreign terrorists (domestic terrorists hide under their noses) is the same reason given by some for not restricting gun purchases of watch-list suspects---unreliable lists.

Now what are they gonna do now that the king of lists tells them to make a list of good countries and bad countries?

This is gonna be entertaining.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Of course nobody would LIE about their religion to get in....

Right?

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Populations are in mass migration

how can he tell their origins?

[truthisfreedom]

6. Give him a few days, he'll be singing a new tune.

He's the floppiest of flippers. The only thing he's stuck on is himself.

[treestar]

7. still judging groups of people by making them

pay for the actions of the few. This is bigotry.

Also kind of dumb - is he trying to lose his base? Seems like he might be trying to gain some voters by backing off, but that's only going to lose him his base, who I doubt would see Muslims from countries not in turmoil as any better.

[LannyDeVaney]

8. So I guess after Orlando other countries should bar US travelers

[pampango]

9. If one listens to Trump long enough, he may say something - anything - you can agree with.

This isn't one of those things.

[sofa king]

11. The Saudis can fix this in one day.

Buy a golf course off of him, and Trump will propose draining Lake Erie to water it and staffing the grounds crew with Taliban.

[tenderfoot]

12. Wouldn't that mean he'd have to ban Muslims from the USA and UK?

They're both terrorist heavy foreign policy wise.

[greymattermom]

13. Just wait

the next proposal will be that all Muslims will have to stay at Trump hotels.

[tallahasseedem]

14. You know, this isn't even a crazy thought...

I could actually see him doing this.

[pampango]

15. I checked my passport. It does not show my religion. How do you keep Muslims out? n/t

[lunatica]

16. He's obviously quite OK with the genocide of those Muslims in their countries

I can picture him spreading his arms as he keeps his elbows touching his sides and that little sphincter of a mouth making a perfect little circle saying he doesn't care.