WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims
entering the United States has been a central issue of his campaign — but he
has described the ban differently in the weeks since the mass shooting in
Orlando.

His spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, told
CNN Saturday that Trump supports barring only Muslims from “terror
states,” not all Muslims.

Trump even indicated
that the ban is not ironclad, telling CNN in a brief interview this week he
would consider allowing Muslims from states with heavy terrorist activity to
enter the U.S., as long as they are “vetted strongly.”

Here’s a look at what
Trump and his campaign have said about the ban:

Trump calls for a ban
on Muslim entry — December 7, 2015

Days after two shooters
killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, Trump announced the
controversial policy, calling for a “total and complete shutdown of
Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can
figure out what is going on.”

His proposal was
fiercely criticized from all corners of the political spectrum, but Trump did
not deviate from his policy.

Instead, he continued
to double down in subsequent months and weeks at rallies and in interviews,
even telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper in March that he believed “Islam hates
us.”

Focus on terror after
the Orlando attack — June 13

Trump quickly pivoted
to national security after a lone gunman killed 49 people in a gay nightclub in
Orlando, Florida.

Delivering a speech the
next day in Manchester, New Hampshire, Trump again talked about banning people
from the U.S. — but this time didn’t specifically mention banning Muslims.

“I will suspend
immigration from areas of the world when there is a proven history of terrorism
against the United States, Europe, or our allies, until we understand how to
end these threats,” Trump said.

He did not say whether
he intended to ban individuals from those countries in addition to banning all
foreign Muslims, or whether the policy was a replacement for his blanket Muslim
ban.

And his campaign did
not respond to multiple requests asking for clarification on whether Trump
still supported banning all foreign Muslims from the U.S.

Still, Trump did not
distance himself from his focus on Muslims in the wake of the Orlando, doubling
down on his proposal to launch surveillance operations against U.S. mosques
during a rally in Atlanta last week.

‘It wouldn’t bother me’
— June 25

Last week, gaggling
with reporters as he toured his golf club in Scotland, Trump suggested in an
offhand comment that his ban wouldn’t apply to Muslims from countries not
typically associated with terrorism.

“It wouldn’t
bother me, it wouldn’t bother me,” Trump said when asked whether he would
allow a Scottish Muslim into the U.S. under his policy.

His campaign
spokeswoman, Hicks, then told CNN that Trump does not support banning all
foreign Muslims from entering the U.S. but instead would ban Muslims from
“terror states” — though he did not specify which states he believed
supported terror.

Trump’s national
finance chairman, Steven Mnuchin, who accompanied Trump on his Scotland trip,
also suggested Trump’s policy had changed.

“It is about
terrorism and not about religion. It is about Muslims from countries that
support terrorism,” Mnuchin told reporters.