WASHINGTON — Donald Trump isn't worried that his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States has earned him comparisons to Adolf Hitler.
"You're increasingly compared to Hitler. Does that bother you?" anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Trump during an interview on Good Morning America.
"No," Trump responded, adding that former President Franklin D. Roosevelt created Japanese internment camps during World War II and, "they named highways after him!"
"No, what I'm doing is no different from FDR." - Donald Trump on comparisons to Hitler— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 8, 2015
Trump's proposal Monday to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. set off a firestorm of reaction.
His policy was rejected by nearly every other presidential candidate in the field, as well as many current and former politicians, including former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Trump's plan also led to Hitler comparisons on Twitter, the most popular being a meme comparing the two men's ideas.