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This whole incident is simply a lie

This was a hit from that “Journalist “.
And that rat ka sic is on the hunt for trump with a big handout from the gop.
So this goes...I love trump and media is out to get him.

This whole incident is simply a lie

It's not a lie. The reporter set a trap for Trump and Trump fell into it by responding somewhat unclearly.

I was the one who posted that Slate article. I posted it because I wanted to read the transcript and watch the video clip of the exchange between Trump and the reporter in order to learn the truth about what was actually said.

Let's look at the article (note that the article is written by a snarky Leftist):

... I spent much of Friday afternoon rewatching that clip as though it was the Zapruder film and--I can't believe I'm about to say this--I think Trump's technically right: He doesn't explicitly advocate for creating the database. Yes, he seems to go along with the general idea after the reporter asks him about it--but he also doesn't explicitly endorse it either. The reporter is asking about Muslims in America, but Trump appears unable to imagine that group includes U.S. citizens, which is probably why he immediately starts talking about the wall--a telling blind spot for a man campaigning on nativist anger and fear ...

The reporter is asking about the database, but Trump is talking about his beloved wall, as his very next answer makes clear.
Reporter: What do you think the effect of that would be, how would it work?
Trump: It would stop people from coming in illegally.

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Now, let's look at all the transcript excerpted in the article:

Reporter: Should there be database that tracks the Muslims that are in this country?
Trump: There should be a lot of systems, beyond database. We should have a lot of systems and today you can do it. But right now we have to have a border, we have to have strength, we have to have a wall, and we cannot let what's happening to this country happen any longer.

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Reporter: But that's something your White House would like to implement?
Trump: Oh, I would certainly implement that. Absolutely.

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Reporter: What do you think the effect of that would be, how would it work?
Trump: It would stop people from coming in illegally.

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Reporter: Would they have to legally be in this database?
Trump: They have to be--, they have to be--, the key is people can come to this country but they have to be here legally.

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