Donald Trump has not been known to apologize. Even when objectively proven wrong. Further, the candidate is not wont to change his wording or tone down his fiery rhetoric when certain groups get offended. This is illustrated best in his support of a claim he made yesterday in which he approved the prohibition of Muslim immigrants to the United States for a period of time. Now, it appears that the billionaire real estate mogul and leading Republican presidential contender is unwilling to distance himself from these comments. Further, he has justified his position with comparison to past actions from American Presidents.
According to the New York Times, Donald Trump attempted to contextualize his argument with a comparison to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Trump says that during World War II, FDR detained Japanese, German, and Italian aliens in order to keep the country safe. Generally regarded as one of the darkest periods in American history, these internment camps have placed a permanent stain on the legacy of FDR.
"Paris is no longer the same city it was," Trump said, before adding, without citing any evidence: "They have sections in Paris that are radicalized where the police refuse to go there. They're petrified. The police refuse to go in there. We have places in London and other places that are so radicalized that the police are afraid for their own lives."
In a statement regarding the United States allowance of Syrian and other Muslim refugees, Trump said, "Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life."
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