Americans like Muslims more than they like Donald Trump

Donald Trump insisted to CNN's Don Lemon on Thursday that people supported his proposed ban on allowing Muslims to enter the country. Not only do "the people" agree with him, Trump told Lemon, but "[m]any Muslim friends of mine are in agreement with me. They say, 'Donald, you brought something up to the fore that is so brilliant and so fantastic.'"

On Thursday, a poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal was released that might undermine Trump's confidence about the level of support that proposal enjoys -- if anything can undermine Trump's confidence on anything.

Overall, 57 percent of Americans disagreed with Trump's proposal, as it was articulated by the pollster. Only a quarter viewed it favorably.




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