Turkey prepares for Trump presidency (convinced of Trump win)

Al-Monitor ^ | December 11, 2015 | Pinar Tremblay

[TigerLikesRooster]

Turkey prepares for Trump presidency

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, called Dec. 7 for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. At a public event, Trump read a statement issued by his campaign office:"Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on." While claiming to be the voice of the silent majority, Trump says there is great hatred toward Americans by large segments of the Muslim population.

Trump's words generated a global outrage, including in his own Republican Party, where various key names asked him to withdraw from the race claiming that by uttering such words he had disqualified himself from the presidency. Yet, Trump neither retracted nor apologized for his statement.

In Turkey, Trump succeeded in unifying opposing camps of the media, all of which reported his words with deep shock and condemnation. Most media commentators in Turkey are convinced that Trump will become the next US president because of his lead in the polls. A joke now heard in the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul goes like this: "Trump will be kicking out a black family from the White House, and it would not be his first time!" Trump's less flattering photos appeared on Twitter with comments such as,"If this guy becomes the next US president, Muslims won't be able to enter the US." These headlines were promptly followed by articles about who Trump is, and what he has said so far. One popular article included 10 controversial Trump statements from his presidential campaign, with a focus on his plans mandating registration for all Muslims in the United States, keeping a database on them and building a wall on the Mexican border.

[DoodleDawg]

This is the important part of Trump's quote which always gets left off by the mainstream media.

What constitutes "figure out what the hell is going on?" When will we know it's OK to let them back in?

[Vigilanteman]

When we figure out how to separate the Muslims who mean us no harm from the Jihadi faction which do. Japan, just to take one example, has figured this out. They know which Muslims they can let into and even allow to live in the country and which ones to keep out. It isn't the rocket science some of us are led to believe.

FWIW, I worked with a marquee name Japanese company in a previous life which included Muslim employees. They weren't they type you'd have to worry about going postal.

[Parley Baer]

Turkey, the country who is into slavery with ISIS.