Trump on latest iteration of Muslim ban: 'You could say it's an expansion' [View all]
Source: CNN
Donald Trump said his latest proposal to stop immigration "from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism" is an "expansion" of his blanket ban on Muslims, in an interview aired Sunday.
"I actually don't think it's a rollback. In fact, you could say it's an expansion," Trump told NBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press." "I'm looking now at territory. People were so upset when I used the word Muslim. Oh, you can't use the word Muslim. Remember this. And I'm OK with that, because I'm talking territory instead of Muslim."
Trump has not defined which countries would be included in that list of territories.
But in the interview aired Sunday, Trump refused to rule out banning individuals from top US allies like France and Germany, agreeing that "they have totally been" compromised by terrorism.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/24/politics/donald-trump-muslim-ban-election-2016/
On the one hand, the more Trump speaks, the more it should help our chances in November. On the other hand, the more he speaks, the more scary it becomes that he might be President. I am willing to risk a closer election if I just don't have to hear him constantly saying the most stupid things that seem to come to his mind. It is as if he is trying to be a caricature of himself.
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