Donald Trump said Thursday that he was postponing his Friday announcement of his running mate because of the
attack in Nice, France, that killed more than 70 people and injured at least 100 others.
Here is Trump's Twitter post:
Trump's announcement was scheduled for 11 a.m. in New York City. News reports have indicated that the presumptive Republican nominee
was to name Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his choice.
Later Thursday, Trump said in a Fox interview that terrorist organizations are creating increasingly violent schemes.
“It sounds like here we go again,” he said. “We’re living in a whole different world. There’s no respect for law and order.
“This is crazy what’s going on,” the presumptive GOP presidential nominee added. “It’s a horrible thing. It’s bedlam ... We have to get awfully tough and we have to get smart or we’re not going to have a society, we’re not going to have a world anymore.”
Trump added that he wanted to sharply restrict immigration from countries with likely terrorist ties in the wake of the massacre. Critics have asked if that would include countries like France with huge native-born Muslim populations.
“This has to be dealt with very harshly,” he said. “I’d be making it very, very hard for people to come into our country from terrorist countries."
“Our country has tremendous problems,” Trump continued. “We don’t need any more problems. What are we doing? We’re trying to so nice, we’re trying to be so civil.
“I would be so extreme in terms of documentation. It only takes one or two people to create havoc.”
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