Trump’s Comments on Muslims Are Dangerous

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Trump, 69, also stood by his comments about Muslims cheering on 9/11 in New Jersey, insisting this morning he saw the footage, and did not confuse it with scenes of celebrations from the West Bank. With the pomp and circumstance of royalty, Donald Trump returned to Sarasota, not to accept a Statesman of the Year award from local Republicans but to ask for voters in his ongoing campaign for president. When environmental situations change, conditions change, wealth changes both up and down, health changes – but I think basically a personality is set from very early, very close to the time of birth. And can I talk to them about some beachfront property in Nebraska I’m looking to unload? It’s in the nature of the job, and I understand that.

Which is completely untrue.

However, as Kovaleski pointed out, he had covered Trump closely for the New York Daily News in the 1980s, interviewed him personally, and was “on a first-name basis” with the billionaire.

Eventually people tell us who they are.

Bush said Trump has offered conflicting opinions on his strategy to deal with Syria and the Islamic State group.

Brit Hume, the savvy Fox News analyst, got it right when he noted that Trump proves Lincoln’s dictum that “You can fool some of the people all of the time”.

Trump’s event was emblematic of his campaign so far.

More than 100 black pastors, professors and activists had penned an op-ed in Ebony magazine on Friday denouncing those expected to throw their support behind Trump, who they said “uses overtly divisive and racist language on the campaign trail”.

He said their typical reaction is to wonder why they’re not as tough on Hillary Clinton for her own whoppers – like the one she told about arriving in Bosnia under sniper fire, and later recanted.

In any case, the Sunday shows were once again dominated by the Donald. He touted a view in favor of the Second Amendment, and said recent attacks in Paris wouldn’t have been so successful if such rights existed in France; “If you had a couple of guns in the room held by the good guys, you would have had a totally different story”, he said.

And when NBC’s Chuck Todd challenged his inaccuracies on, “Meet The Press”, Trump replied: “Take it easy, Chuck. I saw it somewhere on television many years ago and I never forgot it – and it was on television, too”, Trump said.