President Trump used the massacre at a mosque in Egypt to renew his calls for a travel ban and “wall” on Friday afternoon. “Will be calling…
President Trump used the massacre at a mosque in Egypt to renew his calls for a travel ban and “wall” on Friday afternoon.
“Will be calling the President of Egypt in a short while to discuss the tragic terrorist attack, with so much loss of life. 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,” he tweeted.
The White House said Trump would be speaking with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at 3 p.m.
Earlier in the day, Trump called the carnage, which left 235 people dead in Bir al-Abed, a “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!” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence offered his condolences to victims of the attack, many of whom are followers of Sufism, a mystical branch of Sunni Islam that many jihadist groups view as heretical.
“Such an evil and cowardly terrorist attack on worshipers in Egypt. Our condolences & prayers are with the victims & their families. Our strength & resolve will overpower their extremist ideology. We cannot & will not allow terrorists to win,” Pence tweeted.
