NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump called Monday for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," an idea swiftly condemned by rival GOP candidates for president, other Republicans, the White House and leading Democrats.
The proposed ban would apply to immigrants and visitors alike, a sweeping prohibition affecting all adherents of Islam who want to come to the U.S. The idea faced an immediate challenge to its legality and feasibility from experts who could point to no formal exclusion of immigrants based on religion in America's history.
Pity our President. He has been trying to convince the world for three years that he has won the "War on Terror," but events keep undermining him.
First there was his self-congratulatory victory lap over the killing of Osama Bin Laden, which (despite the terrorist attack in Benghazi on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 and ensuing cover-up) helped win him the 2012 election.
