[First image: A tweet from Donald Trump’s personal account, dated 3rd February 2017, reading:
[First image: A tweet from Donald Trump’s personal account, dated 3rd February 2017, reading: “A new radical Islamic terrorist has just attacked in Louvre Museum in France. Tourists were locked down. France on edge again. GET SMART U.S.”Second image: A Facebook post by Egie Wild, same date, reading as follows.“Dear Mr Trump,thank you for your concern.A man has indeed attacked a soldier with two machetes this morning in Paris.It wasn’t in the Louvre Museum, it was in the Carrousel du Louvre, which is a mall. (Less symbolic than what you’re implying.)He didn’t attack any tourist (or french people – apart from the soldier – either, by the way, thank you again for your concern) and he was instantly attacked back by another soldier, and wounded.The crowd has been kept inside after that by order of the army for security reasons, but not for any kind of hostage situation. (Your tweet is – voluntarily? – ambiguous)France is not on edge again, at all. I learned about the attack 10 hours after it happened (even though it was in the media earlier), and I spent 1h30 in another mall in Paris at lunch today without any kind of military reinforcement (I mean, just the usual since Charlie Hebdo or nov 2015 attacks).Oh and by the way, the man is from Egypt, you know, the country you didn’t ban from entering the U.S. (because of your personnal [sic] affairs?)Again, thank you for your concern, but don’t use France as an excuse for your arseholery. You’re the one encouraging fear with your distortion of truth.Regards,Egie WildPS: GET SMART U.S.: Don’t believe anything that he says without checking facts first.”) -- source link
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