Hours after Egypt witnessed the killing of more than 305 people by terrorists in an attack on a mosque, US President Donald J. Trump offered his condolences while also promoting his ban on Muslims and a wall with Mexico. In his first tweet on the incident, which saw terrorists open fire on Al-Rawda mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai, Trump strongly condemned the ‘cowardly terrorist attack’. ‘Horrible and cowardly terrorist attack on innocent and defenseless worshipers in Egypt. The world cannot tolerate terrorism, we must defeat them militarily and discredit the extremist ideology that forms the basis of their existence!’ tweeted Trump to his 43.3 million followers. Hours later, Trump announced he would be calling Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to discuss the terrorist attack. ‘Will be calling the President of Egypt in a short while to discuss the tragic terrorist attack, with so much loss of life,’ said Trump in the first half of his tweet. ‘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.’ The tweet left many Egyptians and non-Egyptians confused, with…
Donald Trump Uses Egypt Terror Attack to Promote Wall with Mexico
November 25, 2017
