Politics|Donald Trump: I'm a Better Friend to LGBT Americans - New York Times

GREENSBORO, N.C. — In his first marketing campaign rally because the bloodbath at a homosexual nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Donald J. Trump once more tried to painting himself as a greater good friend of L.G.B.T. People than Hillary Clinton, partially due to his opposition to immigration from Center Japanese nations.

“We need to reside in a rustic the place homosexual and lesbian People and all People are protected from radical Islam,” Mr. Trump stated, “which, by the best way, needs to homicide and has murdered gays they usually enslave ladies.”

As he did on Monday, Mr. Trump claimed Mrs. Clinton’s immigration insurance policies would open the floodgates to jihadists, pointing to her plan to extend the variety of Syrian refugees admitted to the nation by 550 % over President Obama’s plan.

“We don’t know who they're, the place they’re coming from, there’s no documentation,” Mr. Trump stated. (Mrs. Clinton’s plan does name for extra refugees from Syria, however also intense vetting processes, of which one is already in place.)

“Crooked Hillary needs to extend these immigration numbers very, very considerably,” he stated. “She’s no good friend of girls. And she or he’s no good friend of L.G.B.T. People. No good friend, consider me.”

Up to now, Mr. Trump has been more accepting of sexual minorities than his social gathering’s leaders have been, however his specific emphasis on homosexual and lesbian communities and calls to embrace them, even shrouded in caustic feedback towards Center Japanese immigrants, was notable in North Carolina, which is the epicenter of the debate over transgender bathrooms. (It must be famous that Mr. Trump still opposes same-sex marriage.)

Mr. Trump stated in April that transgender individuals ought to “use the toilet they really feel is acceptable,” however later stated the difficulty should be “left as much as the states.”

Mr. Trump later recalled a narrative accusing troopers of skimming cash in Iraq, additionally notable in North Carolina, a state residence to Fort Bragg.

“Iraq, crooked as hell,” Mr. Trump stated, on the tail finish of his regular screed about ISIS controlling a number of the “highest grades of oil” on the planet. “How about bringing baskets of cash, tens of millions and hundreds of thousands of dollars and handing it out. I need to know who're the troopers that had that job as a result of I feel they’re dwelling very properly proper now, whoever they could be.”

His marketing campaign stated he was referring to Iraqi troopers, though earlier stories had discovered that some U.S. soldiers have been convicted of bribery and fraud. It was an accusation Mr. Trump, who has made help for veterans such a key a part of his marketing campaign, has levied before, however by no means because the presumptive Republican nominee, and one who has made help for veterans such a key a part of his marketing campaign.

However as he sought to shore up help within the wake of the tragedy in Orlando, Mr. Trump regularly emphasised his anti-immigration proposals.

“Yearly we deliver in additional than 100,000 lifetime immigrants from the Center East, and lots of extra from Muslim nations outdoors of the Center East,” he stated. “Quite a few these immigrants have hostile attitudes.”

He stated that his stand was a serious purpose for the help he has acquired.

“We’ve admitted 4 occasions extra immigrants than another nation on the earth,” Mr. Trump stated. “We will’t do that. Not surprisingly, wages for individuals working in our nation, actual wages, actual numbers, haven’t elevated for 18 years.”

He added: “After which they marvel why I've packed homes far and wide.”

These within the crowd have been combined on Mr. Trump’s plan on immigration. Nancy Alford, 51, from Greensboro, stated that it was a “very delicate challenge” however that she needed everybody to be handled and vetted equally.

Others thought Mr. Trump didn’t go far sufficient.

“They should spherical them up and allow them to get overseas,” stated Lance Shafley, 61, of Liberty, N.C., who additionally referred to “camps” from World Warfare II. “This nation is at struggle towards ISIS and the hostile Muslims.”