--- title: Muslim Ban: Barack Obama Speech Criticizing Donald Trump description: President Obama spoke about the Orlando shooting and Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims coming to the United States Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/4368733/barack-obama-donald-trump-muslim-ban-orlando-shooting/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-14T17:23:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:03.485Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Obama's Speech Criticizing the Muslim Ban og:description: "Are we going to start discriminate them, because of their faith?" og:url: https://time.com/4368733/barack-obama-donald-trump-muslim-ban-orlando-shooting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25e526f81b589981/698897cca988caadfb6b83c8/barack-obama-muslim-ban.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: President Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden, meets with his National Security Council, including FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and National Counterterrorism Center Director Nick Rasmussen, at the Treasu og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Obama's Speech Criticizing the Muslim Ban twitter:description: "Are we going to start discriminate them, because of their faith?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25e526f81b589981/698897cca988caadfb6b83c8/barack-obama-muslim-ban.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Obama's Speech Criticizing the Muslim Ban > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 14, 2016 5:23 PM UTC  President Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden, meets with his National Security Council, including FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and National Counterterrorism Center Director Nick Rasmussen, at the Treasury Department June 14, 2016 in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden, meets with his National Security Council, including FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and National Counterterrorism Center Director Nick Rasmussen, at the Treasury Department June 14, 2016 in Washington, D.C.Pool by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 14, 2016 5:23 PM UTC President Obama spoke about the fight against the Islamic State, the Orlando shooting and Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims coming to the United States in a forceful speech after his National Security Council meeting Tuesday. “Are we going to start treating all Muslim-Americans differently?” he said. “Are we going to start subjecting them to special surveillance? Are we going to start discriminate them, because of their faith? We heard these suggestions during the course of this campaign. 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