As usual, I'm not defending Trump or supporting him, but I don't think he ever said he wanted to "kill" terrorists families.
I know he said we should "take them out" at one point - to most people that means eliminate or kill them. But he later went on to explain that what he meant was put pressure on them, deport them, de-fund them, expose them or whatever it would take to take them out of the equation: stop their participation, remove them from the country if they are in any way complicit, and / or force them to divulge information.
Trump is inflammatory, but he's also misquoted. I heard a reporter the other day say, "Trump says all Mexicans are rapists" - he never said "all." He's said that Mexicans coming here illegally are committing crimes, engaging in drug trafficking and committing rape. He later went on to say that he obviously didn't mean ALL Mexicans do this, but among those entering the country illegally, there is a contingent that engage in crime. This is true - but the man is terrible at phrasing so that statements don't come out sounding like broad, prejudiced generalizations.
Unfortunately, he hasn't really elaborated much on his banning Muslims comment (aside from saying it is a "temporary" measure). I understand his sentiment, but he needs to clarify and avoid generalizations (otherwise people will think that he wants allies in the war on terror like the King of Jordan to be stopped from coming to the U.S.)
I know he said we should "take them out" at one point - to most people that means eliminate or kill them. But he later went on to explain that what he meant was put pressure on them, deport them, de-fund them, expose them or whatever it would take to take them out of the equation: stop their participation, remove them from the country if they are in any way complicit, and / or force them to divulge information.
Trump is inflammatory, but he's also misquoted. I heard a reporter the other day say, "Trump says all Mexicans are rapists" - he never said "all." He's said that Mexicans coming here illegally are committing crimes, engaging in drug trafficking and committing rape. He later went on to say that he obviously didn't mean ALL Mexicans do this, but among those entering the country illegally, there is a contingent that engage in crime. This is true - but the man is terrible at phrasing so that statements don't come out sounding like broad, prejudiced generalizations.
Unfortunately, he hasn't really elaborated much on his banning Muslims comment (aside from saying it is a "temporary" measure). I understand his sentiment, but he needs to clarify and avoid generalizations (otherwise people will think that he wants allies in the war on terror like the King of Jordan to be stopped from coming to the U.S.)