Trump talks about possible Muslim registry after Berlin terror attack

Donald Trump says he has 'been proven to be right, 100 per cent correct' when asked whether the Berlin terror attack has made him think about banning Muslims from emigrating to the US.

During the presidential campaign, Trump pledged to enforce a ban as well as resurrect a post-9/11-era registry of foreign nationals from terror-prone Muslim countries. 

'You know my plans,' Trump shot back. 'All along, I've been proven to be right, 100 per cent correct.'

He called Monday's deadly strike on a Berlin Christmas market 'an attack on humanity,' saying that the rise of Islamic terrorism in the West 'is disgraceful.'

'It's an attack on humanity. That's what it is,' Trump said outside his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. 

'An attack on humanity. And it's got to be stopped.'

A truck, thought to have been hijacked, was driven through a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction

Trump said he hasn't spoken with President Obama since the Berlin attack and the assassination of a Russian diplomat by a Turkish Islamic militant in Ankara.

'I have not,' he said. 'Two days ago, but not since.'

In Berlin, the still-at-large driver of a truck plowed down killed 12 people and wounded 48 as he slammed his vehicle into pedestrian traffic.

Trump's declaration that the Berlin slaughter was 'an attack on humanity' came after he was asked whether framing the attack as an assault on Christians could inflame religious tensions.

In his statement Monday, Trump said that 'ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad.'

'These terrorists and their regional and worldwide networks must be eradicated from the face of the earth,' Trump added then, 'a mission we will carry out with all freedom-loving partners.'

The White House offered a very different kind of statement Monday night, with National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price saying that the United States condemns 'what appears to have been a terrorist attack' on the Christmas Market in Germany. 

Never does the White House identify the victims as 'Christians.' 

'We send our thoughts and prayers to the families and loved ones of those killed, just as we wish a speedy recovery to all of those wounded,' the statement continued. 

'We also extend our heartfelt condolences to the people and Government of Germany,' it said.  

Price's statement said the White House had been in touch with German officials 'and we stand ready to provide assistance as they recover from and investigate this horrific incident.' 

Obama called German Chancellor Angela Merkel later Monday night and made the same offer.  

'Germany is one of our closest partners and strongest allies, and we stand together with Berlin in the fight against all those who target our way of life and threaten our societies,' the statement ended.  

Source:Daily Mail