Trump Shifts on Muslim Ban, Calls for 'Extreme Vetting'
Source: MSN/NBC News
Donald Trump is once again shifting the parameters of his proposed temporary ban on Muslisms entering the country, calling Sunday for "extreme vetting" of persons from "territories" with a history of terror though not explicitly abandoning his previous across-the-board ban.
In an interview with "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday, Trump zeroed in on people from suspicious "territories" as those who will receive deep scrutiny when trying to enter the United States. He did not directly repudiate his previous call for an outright ban.
"Call it whatever you want," Trump told CBS when asked if he was changing his previously released policy.
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This is the first time Trump himself has articulated the pivot and specification of the ban that many advisors have attempted to spin for him. Still, the GOP businessman has not disavowed his prior plan for a blanket ban or stated that it's being abandoned in the wake of a new policy that focuses on terror nations or specific territories.
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63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)Statistical
(19,264 posts)63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)seanbnewyork4
(32 posts)Thanks for the laugh.
Anyway, Trump is being a flip-flopper now, as per usual.
jpak
(41,758 posts)or call him whatever you want...
yup
philosslayer
(3,076 posts)Muslims should receive the same vetting as a Catholic from Ireland, a Buddhist from Japan, or an Agnostic from Sweden.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)PSPS
(13,613 posts)I presume these "territories" would include the states from where the people involved in recent "terrorist" events in the US came, such as California and New York. I guess if they don't pass muster then, according to Trump, we just kill their families.
jpak
(41,758 posts)yup
bucolic_frolic
(43,258 posts)no one should let him do it
no one should listen to him
his words could mean anything, or the exact opposite at any
given time
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Something the republicans should have done before electing Trump their nominee.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)We actually already do that.
Skittles
(153,182 posts)oy vey
pampango
(24,692 posts)We shall see how the 'outsider, non-politician' does as a regular politician. I suspect - not well - although the Islamophobic vote really has no where else to go.