Angelina Jolie Bashes Donald Trump's Anti-Muslim Comments

Angelina Jolie Bashes Donald Trump's Anti-Muslim Comments

Angelina Jolie slammed Donald Trump's comments against Muslims, saying the billionaire's stance did not match her vision of America.

The actress and refugee envoy of the United Nations gave an impassioned plea for refugees at the BBC in London.

She closed her eyes and shook her head in disapproval when someone asked her what she thought of Trump's stance on Muslims, CNN reported.

“To me, America is built on people from around the world coming together for freedoms, especially freedom of religion. So it's hard to hear this is coming from someone who is pressing to be an American president,” she said.

Trump said in December last year that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States.

His comments came one month after the terror bombings that killed 130 people in Paris, France.

The billionaire has since stood by his proposal, saying on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” earlier this month that he didn't care if it hurt him in the general election.

She took aim at politicians for “preying on the fear” that uncontrolled migration can cause and hinted that she wanted British voters to go back staying in the European Union during a referendum in June.

The actress condemned European leaders for taking part in a “race to the bottom” over their response to the refugee crisis engulfing the continent as she urged them to reject “isolationism”.

She said concerns over uncontrolled migration had allowed a politics of fear to grow and countries were “competing to be the toughest in the hope of protecting themselves whatever the cost or challenge to their neighbours”.

Her comments were immediately attacked by Eurosceptics, who hit out at Jolie for appearing to “tell us how to vote in the referendum”.

Jolie said; “After so many years of failed attempts by governments and leaders to do the right thing we are angry, we feel cheated and we feel confused. We are starting to think that maybe it is simply not possible to make a lasting difference. But the worst possible choice we could now make is to decide to step back from the world. The last time there was this number of refugees was after World War Two, when nations came together to forge the United Nations, the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I believe this is again that once-in-a-generation moment when nations have to pull together.”

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Source: Dailymail:(mailonline)