{"id":1403,"date":"2017-06-05T19:14:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/05\/trumps-tweets-give-terrorists-exactly-what-they-want\/"},"modified":"2017-06-05T19:14:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T19:14:00","slug":"trumps-tweets-give-terrorists-exactly-what-they-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-tweets-give-terrorists-exactly-what-they-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Tweets Give Terrorists Exactly What They Want"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=Windows-1252\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions 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While the world grieved and Britain fought to come together, Trump tried to tear us apart. Trump&rsquo;s tweets are not only void of compassion, but they make us and the world less safe.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/079e907d81d14e7ca56eb5279f285f71\/AP-FACT-CHECK:-Attack-draws-visceral-Trump-tweets,-not-facts?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP_Politics\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">Associated Press<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;President Donald Trump can&rsquo;t be counted on to give accurate information to Americans when violent acts are unfolding abroad.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirSocks\/status\/871411551336632320\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">Former British Ambassador to the United States Christopher Mayer<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;World leaders call for unity. Trump tweets the complete opposite.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mklavers81\/status\/871168639352922113\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">Washington Blade<\/span><\/a>&rsquo;s Michael Lavers: &ldquo;I travel abroad regularly and routinely hear a travel ban will make Americans in #US and abroad less safe. #POTUS comments are not helpful.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacklgoldsmith\/status\/871779981986287616\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">Former George W. Bush Assistant Attorney General, Jack Goldsmith<\/span><\/a>: <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;1\/ Trump&rsquo;s actions since January, &amp; especially in last month, take us so far beyond normal that it&rsquo;s hard to have any faith in Exec branch.&rdquo;<span style=\"color:#1F497D\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCoons\/status\/871729279654137856\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">Senator Chris Coons<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;Mr. President, your travel ban will only make us less safe. It is discriminatory and unconstitutional.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-reacts-to-london-terror-by-stoking-fear-and-renewing-feud-with-mayor\/2017\/06\/04\/2811bcce-4931-11e7-a186-60c031eab644_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumplondon-220pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&amp;utm_term=.781c1b0863fd\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">Washington Post<\/span><\/a>: Trump &ldquo;reacted impulsively to Saturday night&rsquo;s carnage by stoking panic and fear, being indiscreet with details of the event and capitalizing on it to advocate for one of his more polarizing policies and to advance a personal feud.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/first-read\/tweeting-fuming-trump-spirals-further-crisis-n768211\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">NBC News<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;It isn&#39;t every day when Ariana Grande displays more compassion and inspiration than the president of the United States, but here we are.&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:12.0pt\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/06\/donald-trump-sadiq-khan\/529110\/\"><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">The Atlantic<\/span><\/a>: &ldquo;Trump is the panic president, bearing a radically opposed message: Fear is not only acceptable, but necessary. 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