In his first speech after days of silence and revelations of major campaign finance woes, presumptive GOP nominee for president Donald Trump slung a fury of inflammatory remarks aimed primarily at his Democratic competition, Hilary Clinton. Among his more extreme remarks made during his press conference in New York City on Wednesday morning was an allegation regarding immigration policy, where Trump stated that "Hillary Clinton wants to bring in people who believe women should be enslaved and gays put to death."
Trump lead into this comment by saying that he only wants "to admit people [into the United States] who share our values and love our people."
A fact check analysis from the New York Times noted that there is no possible way to verify whether or not immigrants to the United States "love our people," and that Clinton's stated immigration policy would allow for people to immigrate from nations where women and LGBT people face danger from their governments.
Trump avoided mentioning the dire financial situation his campaign currently faces, instead focusing on attacking Clinton's foreign policy platform calling her a "world-class liar," and talked up his past experience as a businessman saying,
I have always had a talent for building businesses and, importantly, creating jobs. That is a talent our country desperately needs.
The former reality TV star also slightly varied his rhetoric on Muslims, whom he has previously referred to in almost exclusivelynegative or violent terms. Commenting on ISIS, Trump stated,
ISIS also threatens peaceful Muslims across the Middle East, and peaceful Muslims across the world, who have been terribly victimized by horrible brutality, and who only want to raise their kids in peace and safety.
Overall the speech was an attack on Clinton that Trump had previously alluded to in interviews following the tragic massacre at Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando earlier this month, but the GOP front runner concluded the speech by referencing the hope his campaign presents for the future of the country.
