Posted on 01/17/2017 1:10:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Filmmaker Michael Moore said he thinks Donald Trump will “absolutely” ban Muslims from entering the U.S., rejecting those who call for not taking the president-elect literally.
“He’s shown how he’s going to do it. He’s going to get away with it by making it a ban on Muslims who come from the following countries. He needs just enough cover for his crowd to say, ‘Oh, he’s being reasonable there. He’s not banning all Muslims,’” Moore said in an interview with Variety published Tuesday.
Moore said he also expects Trump to follow through on his plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump will officially become president Friday. Entering the Trump era, Moore implored Americans to take Trump “literally,” rather than figuratively, with his campaign promises and rhetoric.
“I’ve taken him literally and seriously since day one,” Moore said. “That’s why I’ve been able to be active and energized since the election. I went through my five stages of grief months and months ago when I realized he was going to win.”
Moore famously predicted over the summer that Trump would win the 2016 election, despite Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton's lead in the polls.
“You do have to take Trump at his word. I still hear people say, ‘Oh, he’s not really going to build the wall,’” Moore said. “Oh, he is going to build it. He knows that he’s got to deliver at least a version of the wall.”
Moore also said he met Trump once in 1998 when they both appeared on a talk show. He said he realized last year that Trump is "not stupid at all."
"People think he’s stupid — he’s not stupid at all," Moore said. "He played me; he got me to not be myself, to not talk any anti-corporate talk. I thought I was going over to relax him. What he was doing was undoing me so I wouldn’t be Michael Moore. This guy is good."
Moore will host a “massive rally” outside of Trump’s New York City International Hotel with actors Alec Baldwin and Mark Ruffalo on Thursday — just a day before Trump’s inauguration.
Not quite. He will limit immigration from predominantly muzzy countries.
And the problem is???
Hope and pray that is true.
We are talking years. 5 years minimum and I am not an expert in this field.
From Moore’s fat, blubbering lips to God’s ears.
A ban doesn’t have to be explicit—it could be de-facto, by focusing on countries with a history of exporting terrorism.
Michael, if you love Muslims so much, why don’t you go over to Iraq, Iran, Syria, or Somolia and hobnob with a bunch for a few weeks, and if you survive, then have a lottery and invite a few dozen random Syrians to live in your neighborhood?
......Michael Moore: Trump will ‘absolutely’ ban [m]uslims......
I hope so!!!!
How about we take in a few Muslims in trade for one fat big mouth Canadian?
They're so arrogant.
And worse, with all the advice liberals give us (we who are winning against them big time) - they never seem to have advice or insight into their own democrat party (a group that's losing at every level possible).
It's a mystery.
In Micheal Moore's case I think 'hate' has taken over his brain as he's slowly realized that the working class has deserted him and that he only represents white liberal elites with more money than brains. That said, Moore is smarter than most of the liberal elites...
Especially while admitting that when actually meeting with Trump, he totally outwitted them.
We can only ‘Hope.’
What a happy thought!
Who gives a s**t anyway? Why are these libs so enthralled with Muslims anyway? How many Muslims do they invite to their swank upper Manhattan cocktail parties?
Great statement. Trump is just the kind of negotiator that we need when dealing with World leaders.
Great!
CC
He wont go as far as I want and believe we need to go.
Ban all muslims.
Remove all muslims.
Never let in any muslims ever again.
“Not Constitutional or legal authority to do this.”
Yep, it is already in the law, passed in 1953 and utilized by even Jimmy Carter.
The Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate immigration, that is, until Obama came alone.
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