Trump says accepting refugees could lead to military coup
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has claimed that a big percentage of Syrian refugees could be from Islamic State.
"This could be one of the great military coups of all time if they send them to our country -- young, strong people and they turn out to be ISIS," he told Fox News' Eric Bolling.
"Now, probably that won't happen, but some of them definitely in my opinion will be ISIS," added Trump, who has previously been slammed for railing against immigrants, women and other candidates.
At a campaign even held in Tennessee later that day, Trump who is always sure to speak exactly what's on his mind, said there could be lots of ISIS fighters among the refugees headed for the US.
"This could be the ultimate Trojan horse. This one could be written about for a long time," he said.
"They probably think, 'This is going to be easy. We will send all these ISIS people.' So a big percentage could be them."
He then went on to say that President Barack Obama wants to take up to 200,000 Syrian refugees.
"You know, 200,000. That's like an army. Now I'm looking the other day. It's all men. Like, where are the women? They're very strong men. Why aren't they back there fighting for their country?"
Last month, Obama ordered his administration to "scale up" the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the US, according to CNN.
He directed his team to prepare for at least 10,000 Syrian refugees for this fiscal year. It is unclear where Trump got the 200,000 figure.
Trump also reiterated his promise that he would send the refugees back to Syria if he was elected president.
The same day, the ever-vocal Trump made also claimed that armed teachers, could have made the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, less tragic.
"If you had a couple of the teachers or someone with guns in that room, you would have been a hell of a lot better off," Trump said.
"If they had guns in the school they may have been able to stop him before he did all that damage."
He has previously stated that mental health issues, not guns are the biggest cause of shootings.
