trump is a joke to us 'cause we know who he is and we know he has zero point zero chance of ever being president. people around the world though? all they see is the leading candidate for president of the united states calling for a ban on muslims. not so funny.

i guarantee trump makes the cover of ISIS's next recruiting pamphlet: "america declares war on islam."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/world/europe/donald-trumps-call-to-bar-muslims-reverberates-abroad.html

money quote:

Mr. Trump’s comments were widely shared on social media throughout the Arab world. In a region racked by conflict, his language had an impact, including in Egypt, where he was condemned by the country’s highest religious authority and by many others, who called him an Islamaphobe, a racist or, as Reem Khorshid, a 21-year-old engineering student and blogger, put it, “a madman who has no sense at all.”

Rachid Tlemcani, a professor of political science at the University of Algiers, warned that Mr. Trump threatened to push young people toward the Islamic State.

“A lot of people in the Middle East think of the United States as the last place we can go if things turn really bad, as it is the place of freedom and liberty,” Mr. Tlemcani said. “I think that sort of comment could even invite some act of violence against America. I think he is not responsible.”