--- description: A petition to ban Donald Trump from the United Kingdom swelled to more than 475,000 signatures Thursday title: U.K. Petition to Ban Trump Most Popular on Government Site image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb83f4dabb47f569/698874f7e20a873340a8e9c1/500588104.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [U.K.](/tag/u-k/) ## U.K. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Petition to Ban Donald Trump From U.K. Is Most Popular Ever on Government Site by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 3:56 AM CUT  A general view of the front pages of British national newspapers on December 9, 2015 in London, England A general view of the front pages of British national newspapers on December 9, 2015 in London, EnglandBen Pruchnie—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 3:56 AM CUT A petition to ban Donald Trump from the United Kingdom after he controversially called for a halt to Muslims being admitted to the U.S. swelled to more than 475,000 signatures Thursday, making it the most popular petition on a government site. The petition was started Tuesday, a day after the Republican presidential frontrunner called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Trump [made the comments](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-calls-complete-shutdown-muslims-entering-u-s-n475821 "undefined") in the wake of last week’s mass shooting in California, which was carried out by a husband and wife authorities say were radicalized. Trump said the ban was necessary to protect… [_Read the rest of this article on NBC_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/petition-ban-trump-u-k-most-popular-ever-government-site-n478031?cid=par-time%5F20151211 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145420/ban-trump-petition-u-k-popularity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145420/ban-trump-petition-u-k-popularity/"},"headline":"Petition to Ban Donald Trump From U.K. Is Most Popular Ever on Government Site","datePublished":"2015-12-11T03:56:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:17:39.995Z","description":"He called for a \"total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States\"","url":"https://time.com/4145420/ban-trump-petition-u-k-popularity/","keywords":["U.K.","Republican Party","Donald Trump","u.s. politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb83f4dabb47f569/698874f7e20a873340a8e9c1/500588104.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb83f4dabb47f569/698874f7e20a873340a8e9c1/500588104.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The British Press Reacts To Donald Trump's Anti-Muslim Tirade","caption":"The British Press Reacts To Donald Trump's Anti-Muslim Tirade","creditText":"Ben Pruchnie—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/u-k/","name":"U.K."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4145420/ban-trump-petition-u-k-popularity/","name":"Petition to Ban Donald Trump From U.K. Is Most Popular Ever on Government Site"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Donald Trump: 'I Have to Win'","description":"Watch Time magazine's interview with Donald Trump for Person of the Year","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/RaDVQ2PJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-09T12:02:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RaDVQ2PJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4145420/ban-trump-petition-u-k-popularity/","duration":"PT2M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4145420/ban-trump-petition-u-k-popularity/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```