Donald Trump maintains stand on banning Muslims, Clinton hits out
7 May 2016 4:07 AM IST
Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump has reiterated his stand on banning Muslims from entering the US and deporting illegal immigrants out of the country.The rival Hillary Clinton campaign immediately slammed Trump asserting that the former secretary of state would not tolerate this divisive and dangerous direction as the US President.
A day after he became a presumptive nominee, Trump refused to budge down from his primary election season’s controversial rhetoric’s in a series of interviews. In an interview with CNN, Trump did not back away from his proposal to temporarily ban all foreign Muslims from entering the US.
At the same time, he said he would work with Muslim countries in the fight against terrorism. But the onus for this is on those countries first, he argued.Taking a rigid stand, Trump said he does not care if it hurts him. “I’m doing the right thing when I do this. And whether it’s Muslim or whether it’s something else, I mean, I have to do the right thing, and that’s the way I’ve been guided,” he told MSNBC in another interview.
“And I’ve been guided by common sense, by what’s right.And you see what’s happening. We have to be careful. I mean, we’re allowing thousands of people to come into our country, thousands and thousands of people being placed all over the country that frankly nobody knows who they are. They don’t have documentation in many cases in most cases. And we don’t know what we’re doing,” Trump said.
The Clinton campaign slammed the real estate mogul after he in his last interview of the day reiterated his position on Muslims and immigrants.“In less than 24 hours after capturing the Republican nomination, Donald Trump has already made it abundantly clear the type of America that would emerge under him: one in which Latinos, Muslims and other communities of colour would not feel at home,” said Lorella Praeli, national director of Latino Outreach.
“Trump doubled down on his quest to ban Muslims from entering the United States and deport millions of immigrant families who are part of America’s social fabric and economic engine,” Praeli said.
“And just today, we were once again reminded that Trump’s hateful rhetoric and bigoted policy proposals threaten to obstruct our path towards a more open and fair country. We simply cannot afford that. Hillary Clinton will not tolerate this divisive and dangerous direction and, as President, will not stop fighting to break down the barriers and build ladders of opportunity for every American,” the Clinton Campaign official said.
Rolling Stones ask Trump to stop using their songs at rallies
London: Mick Jagger and his bandmates have asked Donald Trump’s campaign bosses to stop using their music at his campaign events. Trump practically clinched the Republican Party’s US Presidential candidate nomination by winning the Indiana primary and marched out for his victory speech to the Rolling Stones’ 1981 hit “Start Me Up”, reported Guardian online.
The bandmembers clearly weren’t happy and have instructed legal team to stop Trump’s camp from using Stones hits. “The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs,” a spokesman said. “They have requested that they cease all use immediately.”
It’s not the first time the property tycoon-turned-presidential wannabe has used Stones songs as campaign music; previous rallies have featured tunes “like You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Brown Sugar”.
Trump interested in vetting Ohio Governor Kasich as his deputy
Washington: Republican presidential presumptive nominee Donald Trump has said he was interested in vetting Ohio Governor John Kasich, the last among his party rivals to move out of the race to the White House, as his vice-presidential pick.
In an interview to CNN, Trump said he and his campaign had started to shortlist and compile “potential vice presidential” running mates which would include some of his former rivals in the Republican presidential primaries - Ben Carson and Chris Christie.
As per the excerpts of the interview released by the television news channel, although Kasich has been critical
of Trump’s rhetoric and many of his proposals on the campaign trail, the real estate mogul insisted that he has “a very good relationship with John Kasich”.
“I think John will be very helpful with Ohio,” Trump said of Kasich and his home state, which will once again be a battleground state in November’s general election, it reported.
Trump emerged as the presumptive nominee after his massive win in Indiana. In less than 24 hours of the results, two of his rivals Senator Ted Cruz from Texas and Kasich withdrew from the race to the White House, thus clearing his pathway to the nomination.
Primary elections in nine states are yet to be held.
Since Trump is the only candidate left in the race, he being the party’s presidential nominee at the Cleveland convention in July is merely a formality now.
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