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Twitter questioned the logic of the president plugging his travel restrictions and a wall on the American-Mexican border as Egypt reels from violence.
Egypt has suffered one of its deadliest terror attacks in its modern history.
At least 235 people have died and 109 were wounded after a bomb was detonated by Islamic State militants, who also opened fire in a mosque in Bir al-Abed, a town in northern Sinai, reports the New York Times.
In a strange response to this ruthless attack on Muslims, President Donald Trump advocated for his ban on U.S. travel from several majority Muslim nations, which has stalled in the courts, as well as his proposed wall on the American-Mexican border.
"We have to get TOUGHER AND SMARTER than ever before, and we will. Need the WALL, need the BAN!" he wrote Friday on Twitter.
\u201cWill 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.\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1511549352
Trump's response was illogical, nonsensical, and ill-timed, as pointed out by many on social media.
\u201cTrump seems to be saying that the attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt is a good argument for his border wall with Mexico. https://t.co/XQU3tZMrsK\u201d— Kyle Griffin (@Kyle Griffin) 1511550646
\u201cTrue, a wall along the Mexican/American border is the logical response to a terror attack in Egypt. https://t.co/ofP8BjOTmi\u201d— Jeet Heer (@Jeet Heer) 1511550245
\u201c@realDonaldTrump Mexicans did this in Egypt?\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1511549352
\u201c@realDonaldTrump Need the wall for what? What's the wall have to do with Muslims getting attacks in Egypt?\u201d— HillReporter.com (@HillReporter.com) 1511549413
\u201c@realDonaldTrump Why the HELL are you talking about that DAMN WALL?!?!\u201d— Tonya Lucas (@Tonya Lucas) 1511550442
\u201c@realDonaldTrump I'm confused, please help me understand: How are the WALL and the BAN going to help the people of Egypt?\u201d— Landon Schnabel (@Schnabel@sciences.social) (@Landon Schnabel (@Schnabel@sciences.social)) 1511553466
This is not the first time Trump has used terror attacks to advance his own political agenda. In September, Trump promoted the travel ban as well as his own accomplishments in response to the deadly terror attack in London.
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