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> Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump told TIME that he does not know whether he would have supported or opposed the internment of Japanese America
by burkaman 10y ago
> Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump told TIME that he does not know whether he would have supported or opposed the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
> “I would have had to be there at the time to tell you, to give you a proper answer,” he said during a recent interview in his office in New York City. “I certainly hate the concept of it. But I would have had to be there at the time to give you a proper answer.”
- http://time.com/4140050/donald-trump-muslims-japanese-internment/ http://time.com/4140050/donald-trump-muslims-japanese-intern...
> Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.
- https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-on-preventing-muslim-immigration https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-...
If Muslims are inherently evil, do they suddenly become loyal citizens once they enter the country? When Trump institutes this ban, what will he do about all the Muslims that entered the day before? Nothing? Many terrorist acts have been committed by Muslims born and raised in this country. Would Trump really do nothing about that problem?
> Question at a rally: We have a problem in this country. It's called Muslims. We know our current president is one. You know he's not even an American. We have training camps growing where they want to kill us. That's my question. When can we get rid of it?
> Trump: We're going to be looking at a lot of different things. And you know, a lot of people are saying that, and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there. We're going to be looking at that and plenty of other things.
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-obama-muslim-20150917-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-t...
What does that mean? What possible action could you take against Muslim training camps in this country? Walk around asking Muslims if they're part of a secret training camp, and only arrest them if they say yes? As far as I know, leaders who establish internment camps have never campaigned on that idea. It would be nice if people were that straightforward, but they aren't. The suggestions are there, the motivation is clearly there, apparently the public support is there, so this is not an invented issue.