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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump faced a firestorm of criticism for remarks he made on Friday about implementing a national database for Muslims in the U.S.
In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Trump said that he never advocated for a mandatory registry of all U.S. Muslims, but does support a database for all incoming Syrian refugees.
“Certainly I want a database for the Syrian refugees that are coming in… because nobody knows where they’re coming from,” said Trump.
The GOP frontrunner contended that his previous comments were spun by a reporter asking him a leading question in a noisy room.
“I don’t even know who he was. He was a guy with a camera. I think he was from NBC. But you couldn’t hear anything, because I was signing books and there was music blaring in the background,” Trump explained.
“So I didn’t hear him very clearly, but even if I did, I want a database for the Syrian refugees that Obama’s gonna let in,” he added.
“I think it’s a Trojan horse,” said Trump, “and plenty of problems are gonna be caused.”
For more, watch the interview below.