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One of President-elect Donald Trump's most divisive promises ─ to ban Muslims from entering America ─ disappeared from his campaign website before reappearing on Thursday.
Trump's campaign staff told US media that text of the pledge, posted in December following terror attacks in San Bernardino, California, vanished because of a technical glitch.
It reappeared after journalists questioned the disappearance.
"The website was temporarily redirecting all specific press release pages to the homepage. It is currently being addressed and will be fixed shortly," the campaign said in a statement.
Trump said in December that Muslim immigrants pose the United States a security threat and called 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."
It was one of a number of his statements ─ including a pledge to build a wall on the Mexican border and criticism of women who accused him of sexual harassment ─ that prompted the greatest backlash against his campaign, with accusations of xenophobia.
Later, he shifted to say immigration should be suspended from any country "that has been compromised by terrorism."
His stance apparently helped win him the presidency with the support of a majority of white, working-class voters.
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Nov 11, 2016 12:10pm
Trump is the man of words.
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Nov 11, 2016 12:17pm
Great Trump, I voted to u, Obama and Hilary failed in Syria, Iraq, Afghan, and Libya, Trump policy will help USA citizen in jobs, ban on illegal immigrants.
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Nov 11, 2016 12:43pm
Trumps apprears to be tough on election manifesto..interesting
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Nov 11, 2016 12:59pm
He's going to have to make good on his promises. Anyone who thought he would be 'benign' compared to a Democrat needs to stop hallucinating.
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Nov 11, 2016 01:14pm
The irony is.. controversy can make a president..but the same controversy can bring bring you down specially living in a diverse societies like India or USA. Controversial' as we all know, is often a euphemism for 'interesting and intelligen...he is neither intelligent nor interesting..evil brain might be cos he indeed understood the psychology of the masses and the country he represents..
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Nov 11, 2016 01:20pm
Can't imagine this sort of bigotry is what America voted for! Ladies and gentlemen, the America that till now was the example of harmony and freedom is officially finished.
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Nov 11, 2016 01:22pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA. I guess you don't see him making fun of Sikhs, Muslims, Immigrants, Woman, Disable people etc., as something wrong. My friend Indian Immigrant in USA think public would look at you different. Indians and Pakistanis looks the same.
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Nov 11, 2016 01:35pm
@Imtiaz ali khan Of course they look same, but they don't act same
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Nov 11, 2016 01:40pm
All such technical glitches are well crafted and executed.
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Nov 11, 2016 01:41pm
@Imtiaz ali khan : I am giving u ground reality I am living at NY, Can u tell what obama and Hilary did in Syria, Iraq, Afghan, and Libya, Trump policy will help USA citizen in jobs, ban on illegal immigrant. I know well what is jobs condition in USA due to this illegal immigrant our jobs are in dangerous bcs these illegal work under the table, cash Jobs they working. we need ban on all illegal immigrants from the world.
Trump is Great his hand is white not with the blood of Syria,Iraq.Afgha and Libya.
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Nov 11, 2016 01:43pm
@SB : This is a failure of the new US administration much before its start.
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Nov 11, 2016 01:43pm
@Baaz sad good and bad people everywhere yaar. Let go the hate it's far too long now we are both poor because of that.
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Nov 11, 2016 01:44pm
@Annie : If he lives to walk his preposterous talks!
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Nov 11, 2016 01:47pm
@Khanm: He is definitely much more sharper in mind than former President Bush of his political party, Republican.
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Nov 11, 2016 01:48pm
@Focus ; It is start of the: Fall of the American Empire!
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Nov 11, 2016 01:51pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA If someone targets a middle eastern because of a hate crime, you will be targeted too, hope that never though brother. NY state went blue because New York is a state of mind. With Cornell and Columbia two big IV leagues schools, people know what's right. Wait and see, I hope I'm wrong but the world will become more violent because of Donald's policies. Sorry brother I have to disagree with you on Donald because he is unfit to be a president, for the same reason I mentioned to you before. Be well yaar.
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Nov 11, 2016 01:54pm
Best would be send to remaining Afghan refugees to US
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Nov 11, 2016 01:54pm
I have always rooted for Trump. With him in Office we will finally see the 'Ugly American' (a deserved name given to the Yanks by the South Americans in the 60s for causing revolutions and so much troubles in the neighborhood). This is the same people who enslaved the entire West coast of Africa.
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Nov 11, 2016 02:01pm
why should we react at Trump's agenda to ban a particular group for their security reasons ? Americans do have the right to protect their country, in whichever manner deems appropriate to them. Same as what we do in out country. A world free from terrorism is good for all.
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Nov 11, 2016 02:14pm
A just leader for the American Public. Nice to know Indian Muslims will get the same treatment. Now thats equality.
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Nov 11, 2016 02:16pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA American policies will not be run by Trump. He will be a part of the system and will follow accordingly and probably could be worse. Bit his track record makes him a racist misogynist women goper Islamophobic and a person who has no respect for women and minorities. This is the person America has voted for and does show their mentality.
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Nov 11, 2016 03:10pm
Indians mostly voted for Trump thinking he is going to ban Muslim, but in reality haters and racist won't give a chance to Indian to show their identity before abusing or assault . Secondly now Many Sikhs brothers have reported assault and racism where trump supports thinks he is Muslim because of the beard. So very simple question to all Indians who were celebrating Trump victory just wait and watch !!!
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Nov 11, 2016 03:13pm
He should have atleast spared liberal Muslims who have worked so hard to be like Americans. Too bad they could not earn any respect in his eyes.
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Nov 11, 2016 03:14pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA very strange an immigrant talking about banning immigrant what a logic beautiful no wounder why trump has so many votes
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Nov 11, 2016 03:18pm
A leopard doesn't change his spots. Nor will Trump change his views. I expect within the next 12 months, many Muslims will voluntarily move out of the US, for the safety of their family and their own peace of mind.
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Nov 11, 2016 03:19pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA - Just wait and watch. Most of the offshore jobs in the back office, IT and other services will be lost in India. Expect million of Indians will be effected when Trump brings those jobs back to the US.
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Nov 11, 2016 03:20pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA So strange u voted for established racist!
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Nov 11, 2016 03:23pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA Good job! You forgot you are an immigrant too and you have voted for a policy that is one word away from making all immigrants look bad. Don't cry when this turns around and bite you in the back side.
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Nov 11, 2016 03:38pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA
Your post is riddled with grammatical errors and it wouldn't surprise me a bit if your communication skills are somewhat similar. Maybe this is the reason why you aren't able to find employement or having a tough time finding jobs. You are absolutely wrong about illegal immigrants taking away jobs. Don't forget they take up on dirty work that an average US born citizen might not be interested in. So you should be thanking them for picking up your slack and working jobs you wouldn't feel comfortable doing thus, contributing to the US economy. White collar and high salary jobs still go to the well educated people in the US regardless of their race, ethnicity or background. Prove your worth, excel at what you do and be a contributing member to the community you live in rather than whinning and complaining about issues you know absolutely nothing about.
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Nov 11, 2016 03:38pm
@Haider there is no liberate muslims... if u mean muslims who portray themselves as western than those people are misguided..
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Nov 11, 2016 03:40pm
@Jav spot on brother.. but some people think they belong to the same society they live in and forget their roots too..
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Nov 11, 2016 04:00pm
@BOB nailed it
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Nov 11, 2016 04:01pm
@BOB I agree your comments, but its not about Jobs, its about Trump racism. Apology in advance in case you find grammatical mistakes in my comments.
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Nov 11, 2016 04:06pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA - In order to vote in US Presidential elections, you have to be a US Citizen. Your English command leads me to believe you are neither a US Citizen nor a long-term resident in the US.
Rest of your diatribe is therefore nil! I rest my case.
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Nov 11, 2016 04:14pm
@Skeptic True with awful skills in English Mahim wants a job there. Great!
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Nov 11, 2016 04:15pm
Correction! I agree with your comments, but its not about Jobs, its about Trump's racism.
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Nov 11, 2016 04:22pm
I see people jumping on to Mahin Panjwani and trying to prove him wrong. It's futile. Liberals like you alleged Trump to be racist misogynist, Islamophobic, with no respect for women and minorities. You tried to prove that he was not fit for the job. But Americans have voted him in, and there is a reason for it. Are you trying to say that you are right and millions of Americans are wrong? Are you saying that you know better than Americans what is good for them? Its only your own frustration speaking! People are commenting on mentality of Americans because they elected Trump - if America is such a bad place why millions are immigrating to America each year?
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Nov 11, 2016 04:29pm
He won based on this policy, how can he take a U-turn on that? He don't want to anger white supramist.
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Nov 11, 2016 04:44pm
@HajiKaji : very well said!
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Nov 11, 2016 04:48pm
@HajiKaji Aren't you jumping the gun a little bit, and drawing wrong conclusions from all the comments.
No body said America is bad or people who voted for Trump made a bad choice. But rather Trump himself holds such extreme views on many issues, including immigration, minorities, women and trade...That still does not support the (poorly worded) argument of one Mahin, when he cannot demonstrate that he even has the command of the national language of the country he claims to live in, yet cheers for Trump, and claims he even 'voted for Trump', despite Trump's anti-immigrant stance...Don't you see the irony of an Indian immigrant supporting Trump?
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Nov 11, 2016 05:01pm
So far the last two have blood on their hands , will trump try and sweep it up .
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Nov 11, 2016 05:09pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA - Wonderful! You, an Indian, cheering for anti-immigrant, in fact anti-anything-foreign Trump, is akin to a black person in American, cheering for KKK - which supported Trump and his narrow-minded views.
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Nov 11, 2016 05:28pm
@Truth ....you know who is behind Trump's victory? Indian IT professional. Now Trump has extra admiration for all IT professionals from India. Look up in the Internet for Avinash Iragavarapu.
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Nov 11, 2016 05:39pm
@J USA Funniest thing I heard so far!! Thanks for the laugh!
Yeah, an Indian IT professional engineered Trump's victory. How? By writing clever code for the voting machines to tally in his favor!
You have no idea about the American elections system, or even the difference between Electoral College (which Hillary won) and Popular Vote (who voted for Trump) and largely consists of largely red-neck, blue-collar working white trailer- trash! That's Red White and Blue for you!
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Nov 11, 2016 05:40pm
A person who starts his administration with exclusivity will drag the country down. The greatness of America lies in the contribution of the immigrants. For a starter Muslim community is one the most educated lot in the USA and pays enough taxes to make up the annual budget of seven midwestern states.
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Nov 11, 2016 05:43pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA Please fine those those US companies have offices outside America. Bring back those jobs from Bangalore, Budapest, Bejing
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Nov 11, 2016 05:48pm
The KKK in office and in a suit will mean a interesting time ahead not just for muslims but anyone who isnt white american. The funny thing is this is the very same man who has all kind of origins married into his family. Even Trump isnt 100 per cent american he is half scottish.
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Nov 11, 2016 05:51pm
He is good for his own country no doubt.
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Nov 11, 2016 06:01pm
We have to wait and see how the things turn out with relations with ME countries.
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Nov 11, 2016 06:10pm
I just re-checked Trump's official website. There is nothing what is reporting.
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Nov 11, 2016 06:13pm
Only a fool can think to ignore 1.6 billion people. That was only a political statement.
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Nov 11, 2016 06:15pm
@J USA - It must be some inherent inferiority complex against Pakistanis, or some other insecurity, that compels Indians to so eagerly take credit for anything, and claim to be so bright and clever to be able to even swing US elections - no matter how laughable the notion!
Some would argue Trump pulled ahead of Hillary - despite 99% of the polls and popular opinion - due to Russian intervention, WikiLeaks e-mail dump; FBI's bungled announcement - just two weeks before the polls opened - of ongoing criminal investigation into Hillary's e-mail server debacle. Some may even argue, it was Donald Trump junior, his aides, press secretary or God himself!!!
But to suggest an Indian immigrant made such a huge difference into the future course of America, and the World indeed, would have to be someone of a caliber of Einstein, Buffet, Gates and Hawkins combined!
Catch my drift!? So stop gloating about an Indian genius!!
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Nov 11, 2016 06:27pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA how sad!
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Nov 11, 2016 06:42pm
@M.Saeed
You should not talk about failed administrations before looking at your own country
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Nov 11, 2016 06:47pm
@Pakistani tujhe salam
just that you know the system
Republican President
Republican Congress and
Republican Senate
Not much to stop President Trump these four years
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Nov 11, 2016 06:51pm
@Sana Brown and black henchman of Trump will also going to suffer from the racism of Trump.
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Nov 11, 2016 07:23pm
Muslims will learn the value of their own country.
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Nov 11, 2016 07:33pm
@M. Siddique : Interesting observation mate..you wouldn't want to quote the source or perhaps name the 'several' midwestern states that you had in mind now, would you?
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Nov 11, 2016 08:05pm
This guy will be King of the U turns..
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Nov 11, 2016 08:14pm
@Truth Hillary won the popular vote and Trump the electoral vote and presidency. The said IT professional did data crunching to help with messaging. Whether it helped Trump win is questionable, but that is what happened.
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Nov 11, 2016 08:55pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA. That is an oxymoron. How can you ban something that is already illegal?
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Nov 11, 2016 08:57pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA You remind me my Aunty who wants to shut down the immigration out of jealousy after she moved to USA so that her relative can't follow.
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Nov 11, 2016 09:47pm
Trump lives in fools paradise. No vision, no knowledge, and no experience. Good luck America.
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Nov 11, 2016 09:59pm
Republican are not good for Muslims. He will start from when Bush has ended. Iran, Pakistan, middle east, China will be enemy for Trump. Japan, EU, South Korea, India will be friendly country.
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Nov 11, 2016 10:00pm
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA If you are a professional then illegal immigrants will not affect your job. But if you work as a gardener, labourer etc you have a point.
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Nov 11, 2016 10:55pm
Not a big deal, Trump can be challenged on basis of US Constitution. He cannot circumvent that.
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Nov 11, 2016 11:51pm
@Jamal They know it and it is not very good. Hence they moved to the West. Unfortunately actions of bad Muslims have made it difficult for them.
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Nov 11, 2016 11:57pm
Many Muslims in America support trump we don't want any extremists coming to our country - people with nothing to hide have nothing to fear . I fully endorse mosque sermons being monitored also. We don't want foreign imams coming hear to spread their extremism
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Nov 12, 2016 02:31am
I am going to miss Obama so much. He is/was THE President. What an amazing guy. I am heart broken :(
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Nov 12, 2016 03:23am
Just a gimmick. I will believe him when he built the wall and Mexico pays for it.
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Nov 12, 2016 04:36am
Opportunity for Muslim world to get unified in wake of all this......
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Nov 12, 2016 05:53am
@Annie Haha, Obamacare stays, stocks up, old Washington with money and connection. Delusional Trump voters will get a penny and rich will get a $1, divide widens
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Nov 12, 2016 06:05am
It is back on president elect Donald Trump's website
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Nov 12, 2016 07:25am
@Mahim Panjwani NY USA Trump's hands will soon be filled with blood too. He won't be making really good changes on that front if that is what you are hoping for.
We elected a man who has no knowledge of politics, is a sexist, a racist and and bigot. But what is done is done. We can only hope he proves many of wrong. Also, all the rhetoric during his campaign is affecting people across the country now. He enticed hatred in his supporters and they feel it's their right to bully now. I guess u missed all of this.
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Nov 12, 2016 09:31am
@Imtiaz ali khan
There is a vast difference between the two,one is basically a fundamentalstic and
The other is very liberal.
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Nov 12, 2016 09:32am
There is no doubt that immigrant of a particular type have created more problems in Europe and West than another.
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Nov 12, 2016 04:11pm
Mr. Trump will take oath as a President of the United States of America NOT the President of a white race. So its rediclous to think that Mr. Trump would go outside his boundries to supress minorities, colored people, muslims or other religious or etnic groups. Why? because its United States NOT White State of America or Christian State of America. If white race in America cross lines, rest assure all other races know how to react - America is not a property of one pacific race, ethnic group or religious identity.
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Nov 13, 2016 09:45pm
Hopefully he will go as fast as he came. Next election is only four years away.
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