That promise to keep Muslims from coming to the U.S. now has the Republican Party filing for divorce from Donald Trump.

Party chairman Reince Priebus said Trump went too far. So did House Speaker Paul Ryan. Even Dick Cheney, who you could argue wrote the book on going too far, said Trump went too far.

And in saying so &#8211 and there’s speculation this might actually be Trump’s strategy &#8211 these Republican leaders find themselves oddly on the same page as President Obama.

“It is our responsibility to reject religious tests on who we admit to this country,” Obama said.

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Trumps critics say that to discriminate against Muslims is a betrayal of America’s values. But when you see Trump’s popularity, you have to wonder if that’s really true. The President’s speech Sunday was packed with American values and it got panned!

“We were founded upon a belief in human dignity,” Obama said. “That no matter who you are, or where you come from, or what religious you practice, you are equal in the eyes of God, and equal in the eyes of the law.”

Do Americans believe that stuff anymore? When we look at a stranger, do we see the face of Jesus, or do we want to see some papers and a background check?

“Lets not forget that freedom is more powerful than fear,” Obama said.

But if that’s true, why are so many people lining up at gun shops?

Obama says he is confident “we will succeed in this mission,” because “we’re on the right side of history.”

And yet the evidence seems to show that a lot of Americans now are saying forget history, I’d rather be on the right side of a 9mm Glock.