Donald Trump on Monday night acknowledged that his stance on banning people from entering the United States is growing, now that he wants to keep out immigrants from countries where terrorism is prevalent.
“I think my position’s gotten bigger now. I’m talking about territories now,” he told Fox News’ Sean Hannity when asked if he’s changed his position on a Muslim ban. “People don’t want me to say Muslim. I guess I prefer not saying it, frankly, myself. So we’re talking about territories.”
Trump recently pivoted on his proposed Muslim ban, now saying that he wants to ban people from “terrorist countries.” On Sunday, he would not rule out keeping French people from coming to the United States.
The Republican presidential nominee told Hannity that lawmakers pushing for the U.S. to resettle Syrian refugees are “stupid.”
“Our leaders, people that do this, they’re stupid people. You look at Germany, they had a knife wielder yesterday who killed two women and juste viciously and violently — came from Syria,” he said, referring to a machete attack carried out by a Syrian refugee in Germany.
