Sunday, June 4, 2017

"Trump Tells US To Get Smart Before Things Get Worse As London Death Toll Rises"



President Donald Trump listens to a speaker during a Greek Independence Day celebration in the East Room of the White House on March 24, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Trump Tells US To Get Smart Before Things Get Worse As London Death Toll Rises
By Ryan Pickrell
04 Jun 2017, 09:02 AM

President Donald Trump warnedSunday morningthat the situation will get worse if the U.S. does not wise up and take steps to improve domestic security.

Three terrorists attacked LondonSaturday nightby plowing a van into a crowd of pedestrians on London Bridge, rushing into a popular market area, and stabbing innocent civilians. Authorities shot and killed the three attackers, but not before theykilled four and wounded 48. An eyewitness told BBC reporters that the three attackers shouted “This is for Allah” as they stabbed people indiscriminately in Borough Market.

As the attacks unfolded, Trump was quick to call for courts to uphold the travel ban, a strategic plan to prevent terror-prone countries from exporting radical Islamic terrorism to the U.S.

The president tweeted Sunday that the U.S. should move past political correctness and focus on security.

Trumpaskedthe Supreme Court Thursday to let the proposed travel ban take effect. While the Department of Justice argues that the travel ban is “lawful,” lower courts have repeatedly declared the restrictions unconstitutional. The president signed an executive order restricting travel for terror-prone countries one week after taking office, but a federal judge quickly blocked the move. The administration released a narrowed ban in March, but the courts also opposed that ban.

Those in opposition have often criticized the ban as a Muslim ban, although the order does not target Muslim populations in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and a number of other places. Instead, the proposed ban targets countries like Iran, Syria, and Somalia.

In response to the latest attacks in London, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said that “enough is a enough,” calling for people to eliminate extremism.

“There is, to be frank, far too much tolerance of extremism in our country,” shewarned, further commenting that the extremists “are bound by a single evil ideology of Islamist extremism that preaches hatred and promotes sectarianism.”

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