Trump Blasts ‘Loser’ Terrorists In London, Calls For ‘Larger’ Travel Ban

President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Va., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Va., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory i... President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Va., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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After the news broke early Friday morning that London police were treating a fire on a subway train as a terrorist attack, President Donald Trump embarked on a Twitter tirade, blasting “loser” terrorists and calling for a “larger, tougher” travel ban in the United States.

At the time Trump published his tweets, London authorities had not yet identified a suspect in the fire. However, the President was quick to tie the attack to his travel ban, which prohibits travelers from certain Muslim-majority countries from coming to the U.S. It’s not clear what Trump meant by a “more specific” travel ban.

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  1. “Donald J. Trump :heavy_check_mark: @realDonaldTrump
    Loser terrorists must be dealt with in a much tougher manner.The internet is their main recruitment tool which we must cut off & use better!”

    Irony is not dead.

  2. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Popular vote loser exploits another tragic incident from his invariable safe distance. Considering his joy at inciting terror it would be prudent to keep him out of the country. Ours too.

  3. Avatar for smiley smiley says:

    “…tool which we must cut off & use better!”

    Wow, there’s a very inappropriate joke in there somewhere, but somebody with a dirtier mind than mine will hafta come up with it…

  4. Will the Loser-in-Chief never understand* that the majority of such attacks in Europe are, in fact, by citizens of the countries in which the attacks took place thus rendering a travel ban useless as a means of prevention?

    *rhetorical, of course — understanding requires functioning brain cells

  5. “We have made more progress in the last nine months against ISIS than the Obama Administration has made in 8 years.Must be proactive & nasty!”

    More progress against Isis than Obama? Details, please. Or even generalities.
    Proactive and nasty? We got those details on the Access Hollywood tape. No need to repeat those details.

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