The Donald J. Trump — Live Tweeting/Truths & Discussion Thread (Part 1)

Doubling down on the hardline immigration policies that have long animated his base, former President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to bar refugees from Gaza and immediately expand his first-term Muslim travel ban if he wins a second term following the deadly attack on Israel last week.

Trump, speaking to supporters in Iowa, said that if he returns to the Oval Office, he will immediately begin “ideological screening” for all immigrants and bar those who sympathize with Hamas and Muslim extremists.

“No longer will we allow dangerous lunatics, haters, bigots, and maniacs to get residency in our country,” he said. “If you empathize with radical Islamic terrorists and extremists, you’re disqualified… If you want to abolish the state of Israel, you’re disqualified. If you support Hamas or any ideology that’s having to do with that or any of the other really sick thoughts that go through people’s minds — very dangerous thoughts — you’re disqualified.” It is unclear how he would enforce that dictate, though current and former members of communist and totalitarian parties and their sympathizers are already banned.

Jman220 · October 16, 2023, 10:02pm

Lol. “First 30 months.” So weird that they cut it off at 30 months…. I wonder what happened in month 31?

Jman220 · October 16, 2023, 10:04pm

Lol, January ‘20. Ah, those Halcyon days when Covid was no big deal and we all needed to stop worrying about it and worry about malaria and the flu instead.