Trump just repeated the widely debunked lie that lots of terrorists have entered through the US-Mexico border. It's totally wrong, and the administration hasn't ever proven it. (BTW: The most famous border incident with a terrorist happened at the Canadian border in 1999.)
One of the top national security experts in the world, @peterbergencnn, literally tracks hundreds of terror suspects. He recently told me: “I cannot think of a single example of at terrorism case where somebody came over the southern border to infiltrate the United States."
You can see Peter's work here. His group, @NewAmerica, has tracked hundreds of terrorism suspects. These are the facts: newamerica.org/in-depth/terro…
This isn't the first time Trump has repeated this false claim. Here's one tweet from November 2017 when he linked "the wall" to stopping terrorism.
Finally: Not all terrorists come from abroad. Plenty are American citizens and get radicalized at home. (San Bernardino and Pulse Nightclub come to mind.) Then of course not all terrorists are inspired by jihad — remember Charleston church killer and the Nazi in Charlottesville.)
One more. This "terrorists crossing the border" lie came up a lot while the migrant caravan was hearing to the US. Trump said there were Middle Easterners and terrorists in the group. US officials told CNN there were no signs that this was true. (h/t @ZcohenCNN for the reminder)
Here's the full story from October: cnn.com/2018/10/22/pol…
