Trump’s Muslim ban call endangers US security

Trump, 69, is facing backlash and severe criticism from various quarters, including his own party, for the comment.

“Anything that bolsters ISIL’s narrative and pits the U.S. against the Muslim faith is certainly not only contrary to our values, but contrary to our national security”, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters at a separate briefing.

There has been a global outcry since Mr Trump made his remarks.

“We have no choice but to do this”, he said.

Demers says Trump’s comment only elevates a candidate like Clinton who has years of foreign-policy experience – a point on which even Bush seemed to agree. The attack left 14 persons dead and 21 injured.

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Trump’s remarks on Muslims were “obnoxious and offensive, and have rightly been condemned by people across the political spectrum”.

“Somebody in this country has to say what’s right”, Trump said in an interview with ABC Tuesday. He said the ban could be lifted “very quickly if our country could get its act together”.

Trump had called for a complete shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S. “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on”.

“I want to be strong and I want to actually show people who I really am”.

At his campaign rally on Second World War aircraft carrier the USS Yorktown in South Carolina, Trump expressed concerns that those already in power in the U.S. were failing to combat terrorism, but explained his proposed solutions will have the desired effect. “Trump is saying out loud what other Republicans merely suggest”, he said on the Senate floor.

The capital’s Mayor Boris Johnson dismissed Trump’s comments as nonsense, adding: “The only reason I wouldn’t go to some parts of NY is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump”.

“Republican leaders were strong in their condemnation”.

Turel said while she understands the fear that Americans are feeling, she said terrorists kill Muslims as well, and most Muslims do not identify with the brutal violence that ISIS encourages. The senator has said he will not attend Friday’s fundraiser, and his campaign won’t receive money from it directly: Funds will benefit the state party itself, though its activities will no doubt benefit Mr. Toomey and other candidates on the slate.

Five times a day, Muslims across Tallahassee come to the Tallahassee Islamic Center mosque to pray.

“American Muslims need to stop being looked at as a suspect”, she said.