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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Dec. 2, 2015. Andrew Harnik—AP by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 8, 2015 6:43 PM UTC Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to explain how his [proposed ban on allowing Muslims into the U.S.](http://time.com/4139476/donald-trump-shutdown-muslim-immigration/?xid=homepage) would work Tuesday during an [interview](http://on.msnbc.com/1XYKPCg) on MSNBC’s _Morning Joe_, saying he was “using common sense” when calling for limiting Muslims’ entrance into America. MSNBC’s Willie Geist responded to the plan by asking the real estate mogul specifically how the ban would be implemented, noting that passports do not indicate a person’s religion. “A customs agent would ask the person his or her religion?” Giest inquired. “They would say, ‘Are you Muslim?'” Trump replied. “And if they said, ‘yes,’ they would not be allowed in the country?” Geist asked. “That’s correct,” said Trump. The exchange between the _Morning Joe_ hosts and the leading Republican presidential candidate was sometimes tense—at one point, host Joe Scarborough [went to break](http://on.msnbc.com/1IRAWQ7) while the business mogul was speaking. “We will go to break if you keep talking. 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