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Trump: ‘There’s Something Definitely Going On’ Between Islam And Violence [VIDEO]

Steve Guest Media Reporter
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Donald Trump said on Monday there is “something definitely going on” between Islam and violence, and cited the attacks in Paris and World Trade Center.

Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Trump was asked by panelist John Heilemann if Islam was “an inherently violent religion?” Trump explained, “It could be answered both ways, but there’s something going on there. There’s something, there’s a lot of hatred coming out at least a big part of it.”

John Heilemann: Do you think that Islam is an inherently peaceful religion that’s been, by some small percentage as you just said, whatever the percentage is, perverted by some or do you think Islam is an inherently violent religion?

Donald Trump: Well, all can say, John, there’s something going on. You know this, there’s something definitely going on. I don’t know if that question could be answered. It could be answered two ways. It could be answered both ways, but there’s something going on there. There’s something, there’s a lot of hatred coming out at least a big part of it. You see the hatred, I mean, we see it everyday. You see it whether it’s in Paris or whether it’s the World Trade Center, or whether it’s even one minute of silence at a soccer game, out of respect of the people that died and there was no respect by a pretty good group of people in that stadium and that was a week ago, less than a week ago. There’s something, there’s something nasty come ling out of there. And you can answer it any way you want. But at least we know the problem.

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