Trump: ‘It Is Not True’ That Immigrants Are ‘Better People’ Than Americans

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21 : President Donald J. Trump speaks during a working lunch with governors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday, June 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Wa... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 21 : President Donald J. Trump speaks during a working lunch with governors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday, June 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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While politicizing the anguish of families whose loved ones were killed by an undocumented immigrant, President Donald Trump on Friday said that Americans are better than immigrants.

I always hear that, ‘Oh, no, the population is safer than the people that live in the country.’ You’ve heard that, fellas, right? You’ve heard that,” he said. “I hear it so much. And I say, ‘Is that possible?’ The answer is it is not true. You hear it is like they are better people than what we have, than our citizens. It is not true.”

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