"It wasn't people from Sweden who blew up the World Trade Center," Trump told Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union."
"I get that -- but to say we have a problem and it's called Muslims because there are some extremist Muslims, is tarring all Muslims," said Tapper.
"Well I don't agree with that at all, but you have extremist Muslims that are in a class by themselves," said Trump, who leads the Washington Examiner's presidential power rankings. "It is a problem in this country and it's a problem throughout the world. I mean all you have to do is look at Europe."