Trump Insists He Was ‘Right About Everything’ After Wrongly Tying New Orleans Attack to Immigration
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The president-elect decried “criminals coming in” and “open borders” after the attack, which was allegedly carried out by a man from Texas.

Summary

Donald Trump falsely linked the New Orleans truck attack, carried out by U.S. Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, to immigration, despite authorities confirming no connection to the border.

Trump’s claims followed a retracted Fox News report and contradicted FBI findings that Jabbar, a U.S. citizen, acted alone in what is being investigated as terrorism.

Trump doubled down on Truth Social, blaming Biden’s border policies and proclaiming, “Trump was right about everything.”

An ISIS flag was found on the vehicle, with the FBI probing potential ties to terrorist organizations.

      • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        As of right now, Elon Musk is president either way. He might get Vance even cheaper than Trump. And it’s entirely possible that Musk is only following orders from Putin, who probably wants to keep Trump on a shorter leash this time around. Musk and Putin have been in close contact for years already, after all: https://apnews.com/article/musk-putin-x-trump-tesla-election-russia-9cecb7cb0f23ccce49336771280ae179 And if Putin knows one thing, then it’s how to deal with oligarchs.

      • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        My hot take: When Trump kicks the bucket, the MAGA movement dies with him. JD Vance sure as hell isn’t going to inspire the faithful the way Trump did. With a lack of political capital, and because he’s so desperate to be liked, Vance would probably have to act more like a “traditional” Republican, if that even means anything anymore.

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          6 months ago

          Will it matter at that point? President Vance almost certainly means full steam ahead for ALL of Project 2025.

        • SteveNashFan@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          If Trump gets those tariffs the American people will turn on conservatives when it spikes prices. Inflation killed Harris, it can do the same to Trump. If anything, the fastest way for MAGA to die is for them to fight over power and squander four years with infighting and suicidal policy calls. Factor in razor-thin house/senate margins and even a competent admin would have trouble, let alone Elon and Trump.

          My hope is that Vance suffers the same fate Hillary did when he tries to hold Trump’s coalition together.