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Trump seizes on deadly Egypt attack to push for border wall, travel ban
President Donald Trump on Friday condemned the deadly attack on a mosque in Egypt that killed at least 235 people, using the incident to renew calls for a wall along the US-Mexico border and a ban on travelers from certain majority-Muslim countries.
"Will be calling the President of Egypt in a short while to discuss the tragic terrorist attack, with so much loss of life," Trump said on Twitter. "We have to get TOUGHER AND SMARTER than ever before, and we will. Need the WALL, need the BAN! God bless the people of Egypt."
Link to tweet
The attack occurred early on Friday in the North Sinai town of Bir al-Abed, when Islamist militants set off at least two bombs in a Sufi mosque, according to reports from the Associated Press and New York Times.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tougher-and-smarter-trump-seizes-on-deadly-egypt-attack-to-push-for-border-wall-travel-ban/ar-BBFBhMa?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp
What does what happened in Egypt have to do with a wall on the Mexican border? Mexico and Egypt are populated with brown people. They scare the shit out of Trump and his racist followers,
