BS.
Fully automatic machine guns are and were already illegal nearly everywhere. You can’t campaign on banning something that is already banned. What would be the point?
It is in the interview. He evidently had the terms confused. He SPECIFICALLY said an AR-15 was not an assault rifle. Trump has some problems but this is not one of them.
RE “...Fully automatic machine guns are and were already illegal nearly everywhere...”
No, they’re not. Full auto firearms are not “illegal nearly everywhere” - they’re Class III NFA firearms that have to be registered, and you need a 200.00 dollar tax transfer stamp to own or transfer them. They’re completely legal in 40+ states. Similar situation with suppressors (or “silencers”, which is a misleading term).
RE “...banning something that is already banned...”
They’re not “banned”. They’re heavily regulated, and expensive, but they’re certainly not banned, except in a very few states.
Just for clarification purposes...