Trump on latest iteration of Muslim ban: 'You could say it's an expansion'

[TomCADem]

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/

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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.

[Skinner]

1. He is a terrible human being.

Truly awful.

[truthisfreedom]

2. Orange is the new ack!

What a fetid, putrid man.

[vadermike]

3. we are damn lucky he spouts this shit

but we need to GOTV and work our asses off for Clinton /Kaine and make sure this convention is awesome without a hitch.. the other side is counting on us to give up and not vote.. we must defeat Trump !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chemisse]

4. We ARE lucky. Imagine if he was good at concealing these crazy plans! n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

5. He's constantly changing

and is using it to unsettle people's minds. It's what a conniver does.
Pretty soon you're so confused you go along with their dominance.

Don't let it happen to anyone you know!

[bluestateguy]

6. If John Kerry is a flip-flopper

than Trump is like warm jello.

[ck4829]

7. Are quarantines of San Bernardino and Orlando next?

And how can we be absolutely sure Adam Lanza wasn't a secret Muslim? Should quarantine Sandy Hook too. What about Kalamazoo, are we sure Jason Dalton isn't a Muslim in a clever disguise... I'm sure to the average Trumpite, that place already sounds pretty Muslim-esque.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Why do I keep imagining Trump yelling, "You WILL obey!"?

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[Mc Mike]

9. He's mastering the art of going in polar opposite directions at the same time.

While his spokeswoman (Katrina Pierson) uses this 'amplification' about dRumpf's immigration policy to claim that he was never about banning all moslems, in order to lower the number of people who view dRumpf negatively, he's able to simultaneously claim that he's doubling down on his policy and increasing it, pointing to the exact same campaign immigration policy amplification or correction, and his followers find it credible.

He will try to do any nazi thing possible, if he gets in, so he does want to double down. But he simultaneously wants credit for being more moderate than the 'lyin' media says. Followers get to hear all the nazi they want, and independents get to hear that he's not the terrible nazi boogeyman, with the exact same policy speech.