- President Donald Trump on Friday called the deadly attack on a mosque in Egypt a "tragic terrorist attack" and touted his proposed US-Mexico border wall and travel ban.
- Islamist militants thought to be affiliated with the terrorist group ISIS set off multiple bombs in a mosque in Bir al-Abed, Egypt, then opened fire on worshippers and others in the area. The attack left at least 235 people dead.
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'TOUGHER AND SMARTER': Trump seizes on deadly Egypt attack to push for border wall, travel ban
President Donald Trump called the deadly attack on an Egypt mosque a "tragic terrorist attack" and touted his proposed US-Mexico border wall and travel ban.
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President Donald Trump on Friday condemned the deadly attack on a mosque in Egypt that left at least 235 people dead, using the incident to renew calls for a wall along the US-Mexico border and a ban on travelers from certain majority-Muslim countries.
Trump has long called for dramatic restrictions on travel and immigration, purportedly for national security reasons, including through constructing a wall along the US-Mexico border and barring people from certain majority-Muslim countries from entering the US.
Daniel Brown contributed reporting.
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