• When Asked To Explain How Using Databases To Track Muslims In The U.S. Would Differ From Nazi Germany, Trump Responded Four Times, “You Tell Me.” “‘What else can you compare this to except to prewar Nazi Germany?’ [Ibrahim] Hooper [national spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations] asked. ‘There's no other comparison, and [Trump] seems to think that's perfectly OK.’ … Trump was repeatedly asked to explain how his idea was different. Four times, he responded: ‘You tell me.’” [NBC News, 11/20/15] AFTER RECEIVING CRITICISM FOR HIS MUSLIM DATABASE COMMENTS, TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER INSISTED THAT TRUMP HAD NOT SUGGESTED A MUSLIM DATABASE NOV 20: Trump’s Campaign Manager Said That Trump Was Commenting On The Terrorist Watch List And Not A Registry Of Muslims. “By Friday, though, he appeared to pull back slightly from the idea. In a post on Twitter, Mr. Trump complained that it was a reporter, not he, who hadfirst raised the idea of a database. And his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, insisted that Mr. Trump had been asked leading questions by the NBC reporter under ‘blaring music’ and that he had in mind a terrorist watch list, not a registry of Muslims.” [New York Times, 11/21/15] NOV 20: Trump Tweeted That He Did Not Suggest A Muslim Database. “I didn't suggest a database-a reporter did. We must defeat Islamic terrorism & have surveillance, including a watch list, to protect America.” [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 11/20/15] ASKED IF HE UNEQUIVOCALLY RULED OUT A DATABASE OF MUSLIMS, TRUMP SAID “NO, NOT AT ALL” BUT ONLY EXPLICITLY INDICATED SUPPORT FOR A DATABASE OF SYRIAN REFUGEES NOV 22: When Asked If He Unequivocally Ruled Out A Muslim Database, Trump Said “No, Not At All. I Want A Database For The Refugees That — If They Come Into The Country.” STEPHANOPOULOS: “You did stir up a controversy with those comments over the database. Let’s try to clear that up. Are you unequivocally now ruling out a database on all Muslims?” TRUMP: “No, not at all. I want a database for the refugees that — if they come into the country. We have no idea who these people are. When the Syrian refugees are going to start pouring into this country, we don’t know if they’re ISIS, we don’t know if it’s a Trojan horse. And I definitely want a database and other checks and balances. We want to go with watch lists. We want to go with databases.” [ABC, 11/22/15] Trump: “There Is A Muslim Problem. Absolutely.”O'REILLY: “Is there a Muslim problem in the world?” TRUMP: “Absolutely. Absolutely. I don't know notice Swedish people knocking down the world trade center. I came out very strongly against the mosque being built virtually--” O'REILLY: “But you do believe overall there is a Muslim problem in the world.” TRUMP: “Well, there is a Muslim problem. Absolutely. You just have to turn on your television set.” [The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News, 3/30/11] TRUMP SAID HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY AND STRONGLY CONSIDER CLOSING CERTAIN U.S. MOSQUES Headline: “Donald Trump Says He Would Be Open To Closing U.S. Mosques To Fight ISIS.” [New York Times, 10/22/15] Confidential Page 159