Prime Minister David Cameron, who has hit out at Donald Trump’s
stance on Muslim immigration, said Sunday he would be “very happy” to
meet the White House hopeful if he visited Britain.
Cameron has branded Trump’s suggested ban on Muslims entering the
United States as “stupid, divisive and wrong,” and did not retract from
that position when asked about the possibility of meeting the
presumptive Republican nominee.
David Cameron said he would be happy to speak to Donald Trump if he visited the UK
Asked if he would meet tycoon Trump before the November election, Cameron told ITV television: “I don’t know.
“American presidential candidates have made a habit of coming through
Europe and through the UK, and so if that happens I’d be very happy
to.”
In December, Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown of
Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives
can figure out what is going on”, citing “great hatred towards Americans
by large segments of the Muslim population”.
Cameron told ITV: “I don’t withdraw in any way what I said about the
policy of not letting Muslims into America. I do think that is wrong and
divisive.
“We’ve got to demonstrate that what we’re up against here is a very
small minority of a minority, Islamist extremists, that want to divide
our societies.
“We’ve got to explain that there are billions of people in our world
who are devout Muslims but who believe in liberal democracy and all the
things we believe in.”
Trump warned Monday he may end up having a bad relationship with Cameron.
“It looks like we are not going to have a very good relationship,” the tycoon said.
“Who knows, I hope to have a good relationship with him but he’s not willing to address the problem either.”
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