Angelina Jolie slammed Donald Trump’s comments against Muslims on Monday – saying the billionaire’s stance did not match her vision of America.

The actress and refugee envoy of the United Nations gave an impassioned plea for refugees at the BBC in London.

She closed her eyes and shook her head in disapproval when someone asked her what she thought of Trump’s stance on Muslims, CNN reported.

‘To me, America is built on people from around the world coming together for freedoms, especially freedom of religion. So it’s hard to hear this is coming from someone who is pressing to be an American president,’ Jolie, 40, said.

Angelina Jolie slammed Donald Trump’s comments against Muslims while addressing the refugee crisis at the BBC in London on Monday (pictured)

Trump said in December last year that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States.

His comments came one month after the terror bombings that killed 130 people in Paris, France.

The billionaire has since stood by his proposal, saying on MSNBC’s Morning Joe earlier this month that he didn’t care if it hurt him in the general election.

‘I’m doing the right thing when I do this. And whether it’s Muslim or whether it’s something else, I mean, I have to do the right thing, and that’s the way I’ve been guided,’ he said.

Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, who served as Saudia Arabia’s ambassador to the US from 2005 to 2007, urged Americans not to vote for Trump earlier this month.

‘For the life of me, I cannot believe that a country like the United States can afford to have someone as president who simply says, ‘These people are not going to be allowed to come to the United States,”’ Turki said during a foreign policy dinner in Washington, DC according to the Huffington Post.

Trump said on Friday that his proposed ban was a ‘suggestion’ and that he remained ‘flexible’ on the issue – while insisting he wasn’t softening his position.

‘I’m not the president right now so anything I suggest is really a suggestion,’ he told NBC.

‘I’m not softening my stance at all but I’m always flexible on issues. I am totally flexible on very very many issues and I think you have to be that way.’

 

Trump (pictured last week in Washington, DC) said in December that Muslims should be banned from entering the US. He has since said he remained ‘flexible’ on the issue – while insisting he wasn’t softening his stance

Jolie (pictured on Monday at the BBC) closed her eyes and shook her head disapprovingly when someone asked what she thought about Trump’s views on Muslims

Jolie spoke for 17 minutes about the refugee crisis on Monday, expressing her concern that the support system is breaking down.

‘Over 60million people are displaced today – more than any time in the last 70 years. That is one in every 122 people,’ she said.

‘This tells us something deeply worrying about the peace and security of our world. It says that for all other advances this type of human insecurity is growing faster than our ability to prevent or reverse it.’

The actress also praised a Polish schoolgirl who asked the actress a question on how to improve the integration of young immigrants.

Paulina, 12, moved to the UK with her family six years ago and now attends the Thomas Aveling School in Rochester.

She drew a smile from the Hollywood star.

‘Well, that is a lovely question,’ Jolie replied. ‘I think I would say that the best thing you can do, especially at your age, is that school is hard regardless with fitting in, so the greatest thing is to be a real friend.’

Paulina, 12, a Polish schoolgirl who moved to the UK with her family six years ago, earned praise from Jolie by asking how to improve the integration of young immigrants

Jolie (pictured being interviewed by the BBC’s Mishal Husain on Monday) spoke for 17 minutes about the refugee crisis on Monday, expressing her concern that the support system is breaking down

Jolie and the UN’s special envoy for refugees accused European countries of neglecting their responsibilities to the humanitarian crisis triggered by the five-year civil war in Syria.

She took aim at politicians for ‘preying on the fear’ that uncontrolled migration can cause – and hinted that she wanted British voters to back staying in the European Union during a referendum in June.

The actress condemned European leaders for taking part in a ‘race to the bottom’ over their response to the refugee crisis engulfing the continent as she urged them to reject ‘isolationism’.

She said concerns over uncontrolled migration had allowed a politics of fear to grow and countries were ‘competing to be the toughest in the hope of protecting themselves whatever the cost or challenge to their neighbors’.

Her comments were immediately attacked by Eurosceptics, who hit out at Jolie for appearing to ‘tell us how to vote in the referendum’.

Jolie said on Monday: ‘After so many years of failed attempts by governments and leaders to do the right thing we are angry, we feel cheated and we feel confused.

‘We are starting to think that maybe it is simply not possible to make a lasting difference.

‘But the worst possible choice we could now make is to decide to step back from the world.

‘The last time there was this number of refugees was after World War Two, when nations came together to forge the United Nations, the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

‘I believe this is again that once-in-a-generation moment when nations have to pull together.

The actress (pictured at the BBC on Monday ) launched a blistering attack on the EU’s response to the refugee crisis and condemned member states for taking part in a ‘race to the bottom’ over accepting migrants

She added: ‘It would be naive to think that we can protect ourselves selectively, alone, from challenges in a globalized world, by pulling away from other countries or peoples.

‘As with any global problem in the 21st century, uncoordinated national responses are not the answer. An unstable world is an unsafe world for all.

‘There is no barrier high enough to protect from such disorder and desperation. If your neighbor’s house is on fire you are not safe if you lock your doors.

‘Isolationism is not strength. Fragmentation is not the answer. Strength lies in being unafraid: in working with others, and living up to our highest ideals.’

Urging EU leaders to work closer together to find a solution to the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled to the continent, Jolie said: ‘I believe this is again that once-in-a-generation moment when nations have to pull together.

‘How we respond will determine whether we create a more stable world, or face decades of far greater instability.’

Jolie appeared to criticize German Chancellor Angela Merkel for opening Germany’s borders to Syrian refugees, saying the move only added to the EU’s disorderly response to the humanitarian crisis.

 

Asked whether Ms Merkel’s response to the crisis was pragmatic, the actress said: ‘It was a beautiful, beautiful thing that said something to the world. But I do think we need to have a real order, and we need to be explaining how things are being done in a clear way.’

‘It is also important that the process is clear so that people in the receiving country understand and have better confidence in the system.’

Jolie, the UN’s envoy for refugees (pictured visiting a Syrian refugee camp) accused European countries of neglecting their responsibilities to the humanitarian crisis triggered by the five-year civil war in Syria

The actress (pictured visiting a Syrian refugee camp in March) said Trump’s stance on Muslims didn’t match her vision of America, ‘built on people from around the world coming together for freedoms’