Posted on 12/08/2015 5:45:33 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The White House took off the gloves today as it addressed Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from coming to the country - even taking shots at the businessman's appearance - but the billionaire responded to the backlash in typically bullish fashion. Trump was the butt of a string of insults thrown by White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, who described the tycoon's rhetoric as 'offensive bluster' and claimed he has 'fake hair.' Pushed to defend the unusually pithy personal attack on Trump's blonde mane, Earnest said, 'he's got a rather outrageous appearance.'
Later, Trump sat down for a hastily arranged sit-down ABC News interview with his long-time personal friend Barbara Walters to deny he was a bigot and claimed all the Muslims he knows agree with his 'common sense' immigration stance. Asked by Walters if he thought his controversial immigration policy played directly into the hands of jihadists who want to divide and conquer, Trump denied this and said that in fact he was 'the worst thing to ever happen to ISIS'.
The back-and-forth came as the remarks ignited a firestorm in the Republican Party - and around the world, with Britain's prime minister David Cameron seizing on Trump's claim that the country has no-go radicalized zones with his spokesman calling it 'divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong'. In France the country's prime minister used Twitter to condemn Trump, saying: 'Our ONLY enemy is radical Islam.'
Earlier at the White House, spokesman Earnest spent much of his briefing on Tuesday answering questions about Trump and his plan to temporarily ban non-American Muslims from entering the the United States, and he didn't pull any punches in his responses. Asked about the Republican contender's plan early on, Earnest read off a prepared statement aggressively knocking him.
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The comments in this article are very telling. Americans stand behind Trump! If we all don't stand behind Trump, who is the ONLY candidate in this race to speak the bold truth without fear, then we get what we deserve next November.
May God bless Trump and may God protect his life.
Obama seems to be taking it ... personally.
Lots, and lots of flak. Trump is over the target.
who knew homo muslims had sharp press-on nails?
me-ow.
Amen to Trump!
Like Trump gives a crap.
Yep, and that says a lot. Trump has exposed him.
You know you are over the target when the flak is thickest
Obama, Hillary, Jeb, Rubio and Cruz are all on the same side against Trump and the American people.
Obama is the worst traitor in the history of this country.
Obama is importing ISIS to kill Americans in grusome slaughter to push his gun control agenda.
Hell the Christian bodies weren’t even cold before he found the nearest mic to call for it.
Fast and furious didn’t work. This is plan B.
Gad, Trump has guts!
OTrauma is protesting Trump now???!?
Does he have even the SLIGHTEST clue how much this will HELP him???
It sure would be nice if Obama would spend at least half of this energy used to attack Trump.....
And use it to go after terrorists.
But, no.
He’d rather play kissy-kiss with them in words and deeds.
He’s getting under their thin skins......good!
What’s new? LOL
It’s the usual petulant frenzy of being offended.
No doubt, Barry was furious at Trump’s remarks. If Trump’s proposal was put into action, Barry would not be able to import so many of his mohammedan compatriots.
Trump is seriously getting in the way of Obama’s caliphate for America.
God will protect him....I know he will and those of us that truly believe in God knows it also....
obuma just had his legacy and his presidency stained forever...he was told things wouldn’t work out the way he thought they would, and he was so smug and no it all, he didn’t listen...
Trump sent him into the deepest, darkest bowels of the Rainbow Hut Sunday night and nailed the door shut last night...and now it’s Hillary’s turn, you noticed today she started on Cruz....that won’t work if the Cruz people attack her, she has 30 years of rotten crap on her, it would be easier to start that campaign to bring her down...she doesn’t dare go after Trump, she knows he’s a street fighter and isn’t afraid of her or anyone around her...
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