Does Donald Trump think Muslims are a problem (CNN interview with Don Lemon)

IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I CAUSED CONTROVERSY BY NOT RESP RESPONDING. HE SAID MUSLIMS ARE A PROBLEM. OKAY.

ARE THEY A PROBLEM? YOU TELL ME. AND I SAY -- I DON'T SEE THE PEOPLE, AND I USE IT OFTEN THAT, KNOCKED DOWN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER GOING BACK TO SWEDEN, OKAY?

HE SAID MUSLIMS ARE A PROBLEM. THAT'S PART OF WHAT HE SAID. MOST MUSLIMS, I KNOW MANY, ARE GREAT PEOPLE.

>> DO YOU THINK MUSLIMS ARE A PROBLEM? >> WELL, I THINK A CERTAIN SET ARE CERTAINLY A PROBLEM. AND UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SO POLITICALLY CORRECT WHERE YOU WANT ME TO SAY, OH, ABSOLUTELY NOT, I MEAN, YOU HAVE ISIS, YOU HAVE THE MIGRATION, YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS STUFF, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH WORLD WAR III OVER THE MIDDLE EAST.

I'VE HEARD THAT FOR 25 YEARS. THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WHEN YOU SEE BEHEADINGS. WE HAVEN'T SOON THAT SINCE MEDIEVAL TIMES.

YOU SEE DUNKINGS, DROWNINGS, WHERE THEY PUT PEOPLE IN A CAGE AND PUT THEM IN THE OCEAN. SOMETHING'S GOING ON. WHEN HE SAYS MUSLIMS ARE A PROBLEM -- AGAIN, YOU PROBABLY WON'T PUT THIS PART BUT I HAVE GREAT FRIENDS THAT ARE MUSLIMS LIVING HERE.

AND MOST OF THEM ARE LIKE THAT. >> HAVE THEY ASKED YOU ABOUT THE COMMENTS? >> BY THE WAY, THEY THINK WE HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN WE DO.