Donald Trump explains how his ban on Muslims would work

The White House on Tuesday said Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump‘s call for the United States to ban Muslims from entering the country disqualified him from becoming president and called on Republicans to reject him immediately. “It’s a founding principle of this country”, Ryan said before pointing out that loyal Muslims serve in the military and in Congress and “some of our best and biggest allies” are Muslim-heavy countries.

“What I’m doing is no different than FDR”, Trump said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” programme, referring to then-President Franklin D Roosevelt, who oversaw the detentions.

Britain has an estimated 2.7 million Muslim population.

Trump’s proposal has also drawn criticism from legal experts who challenge its constitutionality and feasibility.

Britain is a close ally of the United States in the Western campaign against Islamist militants.

Fiorina predicted that Trump will not be the Republican nominee and said she can’t believe “we’re actually seriously having a conversation in the media about internment camps”. “It should be disturbing not only to American-Muslims, but it should be disturbing to all Americans that the leading Republican presidential candidate would issue essentially a fascist statement like this”. “We have a president who doesn’t want to say that”.

His suggestion was quickly condemned by other Republican and Democratic presidential candidates.

Lindsey Graham, another of the Republican presidential nomination candidates, tweeted that Trump “has gone from making absurd comments to being downright risky with his bombastic rhetoric”. This is precisely when we need to stand up for our liberties and against the demagogues who would diminish our country by taking them away. But, said Leti Volpp, a University of California expert on immigration law, “there is no precedent for a religious litmus test for admitting immigrants into the United States”.

Critics said Trump’s plan would likely be unconstitutional for singling out people based on their religion. But Trump also stands in a long line of culture warriors from the late 18th century to today.

So far, each previous controversy – apparently mocking a disabled reporter or calling for mosques to be monitored – has barely affected Mr Trump’s poll numbers.

In an interview on Fox News, Trump said Muslim members of the USA armed forces would “come home” and that his plan would “not apply to people living in the country”.

Residents of St. Petersburg, Florida, are among the luckiest people in the country right now, following news that the city’s mayor has banned Donald Trump from entering the town.