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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump Says He Might Have Supported Japanese Internment
http://time.com/4140050/donald-trump-muslims-japanese-internment/Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump told TIME that he does not know whether he would have supported or opposed the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
I would have had to be there at the time to tell you, to give you a proper answer, he said during a recent interview in his office in New York City. I certainly hate the concept of it. But I would have had to be there at the time to give you a proper answer.
Trump added that he believes wartime sometimes requires difficult choices. Its a tough thing. Its tough, he said. But you know war is tough. And winning is tough. We dont win anymore. We dont win wars anymore. We dont win wars anymore. Were not a strong country anymore. Were just so off.
Pressed numerous times during an appearance Monday morning on MSNBC to say whether or not the internment violated American values, Trump refused to respond.
I would have had to be there at the time to tell you, to give you a proper answer, he said during a recent interview in his office in New York City. I certainly hate the concept of it. But I would have had to be there at the time to give you a proper answer.
Trump added that he believes wartime sometimes requires difficult choices. Its a tough thing. Its tough, he said. But you know war is tough. And winning is tough. We dont win anymore. We dont win wars anymore. We dont win wars anymore. Were not a strong country anymore. Were just so off.
Pressed numerous times during an appearance Monday morning on MSNBC to say whether or not the internment violated American values, Trump refused to respond.
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Donald Trump Says He Might Have Supported Japanese Internment (Original Post)
KamaAina
Dec 2015
OP
951-Riverside
(7,234 posts)1. I guess he forgot what we did to Germans like him during WWII
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans#World_War_II
...During those days people would be questing his loyalties to America especially since he first got married to a Czech woman, then a Slovenian woman and says that he wants to negotiate with Putin (a former KGB agent).
So, I wonder if Donald Drumpf really wants to return to those "good ol' days".
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)2. Let's make America great again!
Round up people different from ourselves and put them in a camp. We can start with Muslims, of course. Perhaps transgendered people might be next? Then citizens of suspicious countries. Then US citizens who originally came from suspicious countries. Then children of immigrants from suspicious countries. Then people who converted from Islam. Then people who have read the Q'ran. Then people who have not read the Bible. Let's see... who's left? Oh, just you and me. And I'm not so sure about you.
mainer
(12,029 posts)3. Asian American community needs to hear this
There goes another voting bloc.
winstars
(4,220 posts)5. So he is left with just some white boys at this point....
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)4. He's crazy
Even his base knows that Japanese-Americans were loyal and highly decorated during WW2..
What a complete buffoon.