Donald Trump Thinks American People Support Him on Muslim Ban

Despite receiving widespread criticism for recent comments he's made regarding Muslims, Donald Trump argued this week that Americans are starting to agree with his view on allowing Muslims into the U.S.

The 2016 presidential hopeful said at a recent event in New Hampshire that although it has been "an interesting few days" since he received so much criticism for his comments, he believes people are starting to agree with his views.

"We have people talking, I'll tell you that," Trump told the crowd adding, "and they're talking very positively."

"They are saying 'Trump is right. Trump has a point,'" the presidential hopeful added.

Trump received criticism earlier this week for suggesting that the U.S. ban all Muslims from entering its borders following the San Bernardino, California mass shooting that left 14 dead. The shooting was carried out by radicalized Islamic extremists.

Republican leaders including Dick Cheney and Paul Ryan have condemned the real estate mogul's comments as being un-American, but a new poll from NBC News/Wall Street Journal argues that Republicans are divided on the issue.

While the recent poll found that six in ten Americans oppose Trump's proposed ban on Muslims, 42 percent of Republican voters support the ban and 36 percent oppose it.

"This is not conservatism," Ryan, the new Speaker of the House, said in a recent statement. "What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and, more importantly, it's not what this country stands for."