The latest in a series of statements sparking global condemnation by Republican front-runner Donald Trump has the billionaire presidential hopeful calling for a full-scale ban on all Muslims entering the United States for an indefinite period of time.
Trump described the move as a “total and complete shutdown” of all admission of Muslims into America, and his campaign confirmed this ban would apply not just to foreigners, but also to American citizens who happen to be Muslim and are overseas for vacations or other purposes. Trump, however, later walked this back, saying citizens could freely travel because “that’s different.”
Trump’s campaign defended the ban as a “reasonable precaution,” with his senior policy adviser Sam Clovis saying that there was “nothing wrong” with having the US “take a break, have a look and make sure everything is cool,” before they allow any Muslims into the country.
Clovis insisted that it was “historically” reasonable to ban Muslims, though he did not cite historical examples, and the United States has never had any religion-specific ban on entry.
This latest call was quickly disavowed by other candidates, as well as the White House, who called it a cynical attempt to play on Americans’ fears, adding it was contrary to America’s central values to start banning people on the basis of religion.
Previously during the campaign, Trump had suggested closing mosques as a response to terrorism, and vowed to create a database of all American Muslims for the sake of surveillance.
Trump is a caricature of main stream politics and media, not a departure. The main stream condemns, but only because he vividly evokes and reveals the ugliness and rot of the post 911 Security State and its political culture.
Trump has a point We refuse to import cattle from countries where hoof a mouth disease is present . Dr Ben Carson said Islamic terrorism is like rabies in dogs . We would logically refuse to import dogs from places where rabies are likely . Since there is no sure way to tell when Islamic terrorism will turn into rabies Trumps ban is the only sensible plan
"Trump" and "sensible" have no place in the same sentence.
Trump better be careful. He might get sued by Nazi Propaganda
Chief Joseph Goebbels – for copyright infringments.
It would be more rational and logical to ban billionaire buffoons from entering, and to arrest one already here for incitement to violence.
The main infestation of war fever and militarism, dangerous for the whole world, is based in the USA and is spreading as far and as fast as the USA's wild policies of "democracy" allow.
Trump and Carson are nothing but pure demagogues and know they have nothing to offer that of any substance so they resort to simplistic explanation for very complex issues. They appeal to people fears,anxieties,prejudice,insecurities,and shallow knowledge of the world at large or lack of it in most cases.They are,and most American politicians and large segment of the American people,continue to sweep under the rug the real reasons for the attacks on US.They,instead of choosing to be honest with themselves and the people ,choose look for scapegoats to blame and score points.
The Nazi called people that they disliked ,in simplistic fashion, as rats, leaches, and so on.
Well, since Dr. Ben Carson said that, it must be true because after all he is a blithering moron. And btw, dogs can be vaccinated.
Donald Trump does not worry me as much as the fact that he has such a large following. While ordinary Muslims will suffer I am sure ISIS will be proud of him. If Trump succeeds in dividing the world into Muslim land and non-Muslim land he would accomplish one of the major objective of the likes of ISIS and al-Qaeda.
lets be grateful that Trump is still a long shot for POTU – 12 to 1 with Clinton at evens http://espn.go.com/chalk/story/_/id/13386269/dona…
Well, this is bad, but it is more reasonable than his previous proposals and more reasonable than the Beltway consensus of escalating bulk surveillance and sending troops to Syria.
Washington propaganda concerning the war in Iraq and now Syria has been a string of lies. Ironic then how the Republican establishment finds itself ruined, pre primary, by the greatest liar since Richard Nixon.
If we treated Muslims like Israel treats Palestinians, they would not even come here.. We could treat them as second class citizens, give them their own special IDs, tell them what roads they can use, neighborhoods to live in and imprison their children for throwing rocks. We could arbitrarily demolish their homes, fill in their wells and plow under their crops. And we won't let them grow any trees either, especially if they are olive trees. And they will have no rights, particularly, property rights. So if you think Donald is bad, maybe you should start looking at BiBi.
Trump is bad but he's only one madman amongst many men who would be the same if given a chance. Now it's time to admit that the real problem is that millions of Americans are applauding him. That's the problem and was likely the real problem in 1930' Germany.
Trump is an opportunist hoping to cash in on the fear and racism the
Zionist backed MSM is flooding the airways. Nazi Propaganda chieftain
Joseph Goebbels concocted similar lies against Jews and Communists,
who were blamed for (terrorist) acts committed by the Third Reich.
Trump's bigotry has no place in society. The average USG citizen must
be educated enough not to be duped by the garbage (us) masses are
being fed by political racists and flunkies in the MSM.
Sound like what Adolf Hitler would have said.
It really doesn’t matter who will become the next US president, they’re all puppets tied up in strings, Trump is no different.
What would he do with Muslims already in the US?Should they be required to wear yellow crescent?
That is in Part 2 of the Trump plan.
Part 3: Reopen the concentration camps the USG built to warehouse
Americans – of Japanese and Italian ancestry during WW2.
Part 4: Throw Muslims, and their supporters into these camps.
Part 5: Also bloggers on Antiwar.com who don't agree with the establishment…
Part 6: The homeless
Part 7: …
Oldsters like me will be reminded of Barry Goldwater's increasingly wild statements during the 1964 campaign.
This is beyond anything ever said by Barry Goldwater.
Now this is rich. When the King of Saudi Arabia comes to Washington to talk with our President he has to remain in his plane on the tarmac of the Washington Airport. Our President will have to talk to him on that plane!
The new era of Neo fascism is here if you want it or not the matter is not going away by itself. The Islamic Neo fascism or caliphate or the systems ruling Saudi Arabia is yet the religious form of fascism, the Turkish Islamic government, Erdogan regime is yet another. Your government is no longer your government, although you have voted for it to work for you but is not. since 1999 these government been engaged in corporation ideological warfare to destroy the basis of democracy and its principals by cooperating with Islamic fascism as Wahhabis. salafis, al-Qaeda and every other irrelevant system for establishing their economic agendas but democracy. Turkish Erdogan regime is a NATO lapdogs, NATO using Turkish Erdogan modernized caliphate regime, NATO governing buddy working for oil companies mafia protecting Isis in turkey, Joe Biden idea in dividing Iraq is what Erdogan regime don't want because Erdogan himself wants to become the ruler and create his own caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
The entire idea in regime change in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Iran is what's been ordere by Wahhabism, Israel and those European who have and had, personal or otherwise economic interests in changing these regimes, France republican lead by Zarkozi been paid 50 million euro, without the cooperation of Saudis, Qataris and other, the changes would not be possible, they wanted to divide the people's natural resources among themselves, they wanted to establish their kind of religious caliphate system as they still do. Over two hundred thousands Syrians are killed, over four million people are displaced when such cooperation and idea in regime change were implemented by Paul Wolfowitz, Bill Clinton, Madeline Albright in Yugoslavia to when George W. Bush Neo militarism regime invaded Iraq in 2003, in al that Saudis-Wahhabism and other terrorist, state sponsors terrorism been involved, the Turkish government, even the Swedish social democrats were involved, which conclud the argument that your government although you voted for is not your government but rather they are there to protect the corporation, mainly oil companies, and their mafia based idealogy and their political interests which is collecting their paycheck every months. Isis is the creation of the west blinded, falsified and deceptive democracy which haven't respected its own democracy and its principals where as result Isis been born. The idea in "enemy of my enemy is my friend", is still a social psychological warfare and effective tools which resulting in creation of Neo fascism.
Is he really for real?Could he be imagining that this is nothing more than a TV show and he is playing the lead role.The American people seem to be reaching the bottom of the barrel.
Trump isn't the problem. There are plenty of evil madmen politicians of his ilk around. The problem is the millions of Americans who support him. Enough people to make him a real threat to the US because he may be popular enough to make it all the way.
Not a mystery because evil men of his ilk have been successful in the past, and especially in the 30's in Germany. Although in that case some will contend that the people didn't have the opportunity to reject him. Not a distinction between the two that Americans want to consider!
What Trump is preaching is against the USA's constitution. Please, can some one explain, if there is any punishment to go against the USA's Constitution or Does it comes under the free speech to preach hatred against any relgion or Only Preaching Against Islam Comes Under Free Speech!
It's happening again! http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/161282
You all sound like every other neo-con with the next Hitler thing. Hyperbole much? At least they kept its usage to foreign despots. You condemn 'invade the world' and rightly so, but 'invite the world'? Sure, c'mon in, and let's be sure to favor the ones our government has destroyed and would quite justly have every reason to strike a blow once they get here. To do other wise is because – Nazis!!