Trump touts travel ban on Muslim countries after Hamas terrorists invade Israel

Former President Donald Trump touted his travel ban on Muslim-majority countries in a speech in New Hampshire after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel over the weekend, killing more than 900 people, including at least 11 U.S. citizens, in what was the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust.

Trump said Monday during a rally in Wolfeboro, N.H., that people are pouring into the United States across the southern border and, "we have no idea from where they come, the same people in many cases, the same people that just attacked Israel."

Trump also said if he were in office, "the attack on Israel would never ever have happened. The attack on Ukraine would never have happened. Inflation would never have happened. None of it would have happened."

If elected again, Trump pledged to "reimpose the travel ban on terror-afflicted countries." 

Although he said he "didn't like talking about it," he said the ban is what prevented terrorism in the U.S.

"I went four years without a problem, four years because I had a travel ban and the Islamic terrorists weren't allowed," Trump said. "It was very tough for them. I had a very strong travel ban."

Trump instituted the bans in September 2017. It included nations such as Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.

President Joe Biden revoked the travel bans on his first day in office.

While in office, Trump prevented people from multiple Muslim-majority countries and other nations such as Venez

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