Trump vows to ‘keep radical Islamic terrorists out’ after saying ‘horrifying attacks like in France’ is US under Biden
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has vowed to keep “Islamic terrorists” out of the United States after the church attack in France this week.
Trump spoke of the knife attack to a crowd of supporters in Waterford Township, Michigan, on Friday afternoon.
“You saw what’s going on in France, they had another big attack last night a very bad one,” the president said.
Trump went on to say “we are keeping — if it’s ok with you — we are keeping radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country.”
On Thursday, a Tunisian man with a knife and a copy of the Quran attacked worshippers in a church in Nice, France.
The attack left three people dead — prompting the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor said the suspect is a Tunisian born in 1999 who reached the Italian island of Lampedusa, a key landing point for migrants crossing in boats from North Africa, on September 20.
The prosecutor said the attacker was not on the radar of intelligence agencies as a potential threat.
Two weeks ago, a history teacher was beheaded in a Paris suburb of France after discussing caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad with his class, authorities said.
The suspected attacker was shot to death by police after the beheading.
At his campaign rallies leading up to Election Day this coming Tuesday, Trump has said he’s keeping terrorism out of the US.
He’s claimed that if Joe Biden is elected, “horrifying attacks” like the beheading in France will come to the US.
“Biden wants to terminate our travel bans and surge refugees from the most dangerous places in the world,” Trump claimed of his Democratic rival.
“He will open the floodgate to radical Islamic terrorism – and you saw three days ago what happened the beheading in France, and today it happened again.
Trump then offered his condolences to France’s president, before claiming that similar attacks will happen in the US if Biden wins the election.
“And we give our warmest regards to President Macron, a friend of ours, a friend of mine, a friend of the first lady…” he added.
“Under the Biden plan, the horrifying attacks in France will come to our cities and our towns – and I don’t want to speak too loudly about this, and I knock on wood,” Trump claimed.
He proceeded to knock on the podium where he stood speaking.
“This is real wood…. but you know look what’s happened,” he said, referencing terror attacks in France.
“Don’t want to say, long time…” he trailed off.
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