Donald Trump called Monday for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," an idea swiftly condemned by his rival GOP candidates for president and other Republicans.I am willing to bet a small sum honest polling would reveal a majority of Americans support Trump's view of this issue. Trump is willing to state un-PC opinions shared by many Americans, including a likely majority of GOP primary voters.
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.
Trump may be correct but he knows it won't be done. The very fact it won't happen will be a good campaign issue for Trump, maybe a decisive one in the present terrorist-haunted climate.
Trump is merely taking a page from the wartime president's handbook "written" by FDR, starting on this date in 1941. Will internment camps for Muslims be the next proposal, it took FDR only 10 weeks to decide?
