Donald Trump Speaks about Brexit and Possible Vice Presidential Picks While in Scotland
WHITFIELD: Welcome back. Donald Trump is in Scotland today. The trip was planned to promote one of his golf courses, but he landed just in time for the Brexit bombshell vote. Some political pundits are saying those results bode well for Trump come November. And the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is pouncing on the opportunity, tweeting, quote, "Many people are equating Brexit and what is going on in Great Britain with what is happening in the U.S. People want their country back." Joining me right now from Aberdeen, Scotland, CNN senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta who is traveling with Trump. And you say this has been one unusual journey.</s>ACOSTA: It really was, Fredricka, that's right. During a pretty strange press conference which really just rolled across the golf course here in Aberdeen, Scotland, we stopped at this hole. He took some questions. We'd go to another hole, he's take some more questions. Donald Trump throughout the course of that journey did take questions from reporters and talked about the Brexit vote. He once again said there were parallels between what occurred here in the U.K. and what he hopes will happen back here in the U.S. He hopes that same kind of sentiment and push will push him into the White House come November. But at the same time there were other questions that were asked. And we did ask him during a quick one-on-one interview with the presumptive GOP nominee whether he is working on his campaign at all. And he did say, yes, he is working on his vice presidential selection process over here in Scotland. Here what he had to say.</s>DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I am indeed. I actually --</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How's the process coming along?</s>TRUMP: It's coming along good. A lot of people who want it. I will tell you one thing, I'm getting calls from a lot of people and they want it. The only people that say they don't want it are the people that were never asked. I read, everyone says, they said they don't want it. They weren't asked, but we have a lot of people that want that slot.</s>ACOSTA: Now, one other bit of news that came up. A reporter asked Donald Trump whether or not he would be comfortable with a Muslim emigrating to the U.S. from Scotland. You recall that Donald Trump has said throughout the course of this campaign that he wants to have a temporary ban on Muslims coming into the United States. Donald Trump said he would be OK with a Muslim coming from Scotland. And then reporters went back to him and pressed him on this, and then Donald Trump went on to say later on in the day in the campaign confirmed this that Trump is now only interested in banning Muslims coming in from countries with a heavy amount of terrorism. Now, obviously, Fredricka, there's a lot of wiggle room in that, a lot of uncertainty in that. What does it all mean? We'll still waiting for more clarifications from the Trump campaign. But it does seem to be a bit of a softening of that original hardline stance. But at the same time he is really waffling a bit on this issue. He has not offered a clear, concise stance on this issue. Other things he came up with during this press conference, he did defend his trip over here to visit these golf courses, Fredricka, saying this was the work of his sons working on these golf courses and that he deserved to have that chance to come here oversee their work before he heads back to the United States later on tonight. Fredricka?</s>WHITFIELD: And so Jim, the whole issue about, you know, banning Muslims and whether he's softening his language or his approach or whether this is reiterating something, he may have already conveyed before. We're still looking for some real clarity on this. But among those questions is it also being asked that what he may have tweeted out today or most recently about he would make I guess concessions for a Muslim from Scotland to come as opposed to from a terror state, that that is a sentiment that he had tweeted out previously and he just re- tweeted that most recently? Or is that one of the, you know, issues of clarification we're also looking for?</s>ACOSTA: Well, one thing I can tell you, Fredricka, is that shortly after the Orlando shooting, Donald Trump was saying something to this effect, where he was sort of softening, backpedaling a bit on this Muslim ban. But we've heard him do this before. You'll recall it was earlier on in this campaign where he once told an interviewer that this was just a suggestion on his part. And then after the media said, wait a minute, you're saying that was just a suggestion? He went back said, no, no, no. This is what I believe in. And so really I think what has to occur is Donald Trump just has to come out and say what is his plan when it comes to banning Muslims coming into the United States? Which countries is he talking about? How would this be conducted? And we just have not gotten clear answers from the campaign so far. But he did say today that a Muslim coming from Scotland would be OK, which is a different take on that original position.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, more confusion. Jim Acosta, thank you so much from Aberdeen, Scotland.</s>ACOSTA: That's right. You bet.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, thank you so much. Straight ahead, the polarizing debate over gun control rocked Washington this week. President Obama also weighing in again on that issue. That is next.