Trump Accuses The Media Of Telling Fibs About His New Immigration Freeze

The statement – which is authored pretty formally and straight down the line for a Trump memo – says that while America will always “show compassion to those fleeing oppression” it needs to protect its citizenry and borders.

JUST IN: President Trump statement on the Muslim ban, which he claims is not a Muslim ban. pic.twitter.com/lo1che9Tmx

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) January 29, 2017

The statement argues that it isn’t about religion, because there are many Muslim-majority countries who are not covered by the immigration freeze.

His statement is somewhat contradicted by an appearance from campaign cheerleader and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who told Fox News on the weekend that Trump came to him with a desire to implement a Muslim ban and asked Giuliani how he could do it legally.

Check out the interview here:

After this morning’s condemnation of the ban by Lindsey Graham and John McCain, Trump slammed the two Republican senators on Twitter for “looking to start WWIII” which is certainly something.

The joint statement of former presidential candidates John McCain & Lindsey Graham is wrong – they are sadly weak on immigration. The two…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017

…Senators should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 29, 2017

Welp. The apocalypse is going well.