Donald Trump: ‘Radical Muslims’ a problem

“They say there is a problem with certain militants that obviously you report on every night on your newscasts”, Trump said.

But he said he understood the rise of anti-Islamic sentiment because “we were attacked by people who were all Muslim”.

After several groups on both sides of the aisle called out Trump for not repudiating the comments, Trump canceled his appearance at an event in South Carolina, though his campaign said it was not related to Thursday’s controversy.

After saying that the Muslims are a problem of the country, the man added, “We know our current president is one. I think about jobs”, Trump responded. “No problem with that”.

Trump, obviously uncomfortable, tried to hurry the man up, then curtly answered his question-which was about alleged Muslim terrorist training centers inside the United States.

A day after sparking outrage for failing to condemn a call to purge the USA of Muslims and claims that President Barack Obama is not an American, US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump said Muslims are “no threat” to the United States and they are actually great people.

In a rapid-fire series of tweets, the billionaire real estate mogul responded to a barrage of criticism of his handling of the incident, which came from Democrats and one fellow Republican candidate, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. “I mean, you have a problem throughout the world”. “You cannot hold these kinds of views and at the same time say you will represent all Americans, of all faiths and backgrounds”. “I don’t know if we have to address it right now”, he added according to a show transcript. “Some people have said it already happened, frankly – but of course you won’t agree with that” – a reference to Obama.

CHUCK TODD: And I take it you believe the president was born in the United States and is a Christian? I want to talk about the vets and how badly they’re treated.

“Believe me, what I said is nothing”, Trump said.

“I think he was a hardworking guy from the area and had this on his mind”, the Republican presidential front-runner reflected during a Monday interview on “Fox & Friends”. Not appropriate for me to talk about somebody else’s faith. “It’s a problem. We can say no, but it is”.