Muhammad Ali Hits Trump

Mr Trump tweeted that he is postponing the trip, which had become problematic for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Muhammad Ali aimed a powerful and impassioned message at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying that the recent global terrorism crisis has “perverted people’s views on what Islam really is”. “But I didn’t want to put him under pressure”, Trump said on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends”. “You’re smarter and certainly more loving then you let on”, Simmons writes, adding, “I know the cheap seats are easy to play to, but you can get them just by being the man I have known for almost 30 years”.

Also Wednesday, Israel’s prime minister rejected Trump’s statements, saying Israel “respects all religions” as he faced calls to call off an upcoming visit by the Republican front-runner.

“The best way to confront the views of someone like Donald Trump is to engage in a robust democratic argument about why he is profoundly wrong – rather than trying to ban presidential candidates”, he said.

“I think Donald Trump is clearly out of his mind if he thinks that’s a sensible way to proceed”, he said.

Mr Trump responded by claiming he had “done so much for Scotland”, pointing to a controversial golf course and resort in Aberdeenshire.

Netanyahu’s spokesman confirmed that the prime minister is willing to meet with any USA presidential candidate who visits Israel.

Left- and right-wing Israeli politicians, as well as Israeli Arab lawmakers, condemned Trump’s remarks and said he should be barred from visiting.

In Canada, former Vancouver city planner Brent Toderian has called on developers of the almost completed Trump International Hotel & Tower in Vancouver – set to be one of the city’s tallest and most expensive – to immediately remove Trump’s name from the building and things associated with it. Trump defended his proposal on Tuesday, comparing his plan to ban Muslims to the U.S. government’s World War Two detainment of Japanese-Americans.

“I recommend fighting terrorist and extremist Islam, but I would not declare a boycott of, ostracism against or war on Muslims in general”, he said.

Over 75,000 people signed her petition demanding that the university take action because of “Trump’s unrepentant, persistent verbal attacks on various groups of people based on nationality, religion, race and physical abilities”. “You want to control your own politician”.