Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, is poised to influence how the president thinks about counterterrorism and national security. “But we’re talking about national security and the totalitarian ideologies that drive the groups that threaten America.”Later on in the interview, Gorka admitted that Islam itself is not the enemy. This is the second time Inskeep asked Gorka to comment on whether Trump believes Islam is a religion. In an earlier interview on Feb. 3, Gorka told Inskeep that this is “not a discussion about Islam as a religion or not a religion. Trump hasn’t publicly responded to the question of whether he believes Islam is a religion.

Source: Huffington Post March 02, 2017 19:52 UTC