Did Trump Get His Baseless Claim About 'Random Middle Easterners' From 'Fox & Friends'?

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-seems-to-have-gotten-his-baseless-claim-about-random-middle-easterners-from-fox-and-friends?via=twitter_page

Yet again, it appears as though President Trump’s favorite cable-news show is the source of his latest conspiracy theory. The president began his Monday morning by firing off a trio of tweets on the thousands of asylum-seeking migrants traveling by caravan through Mexico towards the U.S., tossing in some unverified claims about Muslims for good measure.

Trump declared the situation “a national emergency” as the migrants approach the border, adding that “unknown Middle Easterners” have joined the group.

It was not immediately clear where Trump got his evidence that people from the Middle East were among those seeking to cross the border from Central American countries, but his baseless claim does echoes one made by his unofficial advisers on Fox & Friends—his favorite show—shortly before he fired off his tweets.

In a segment Monday morning, Trump-boosting co-host Pete Hegseth (who has advised the president through the TV screen before) claimed that members of ISIS are among those traveling in the migrant caravan, making it an issue that goes beyond “national sovereignty.”

“You got the President of Guatemala saying to a local newspaper down there just last week they caught over a hundred ISIS fighters in Guatemala trying to use this caravan,” Hegseth claimed.

He was briefly interrupted by co-host Steve Doocy, who asked, “Are we sure that’s true?”

[Andy823]

1. That or he just made it up

He has been on a lying streak lately trying to rally his cult followers. Sometimes I think something just pops into his mind at those rallies, and he just lets it all out. One thing I am sure of facts don't matter to him, or his base.

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2. Best bet was Pete,

what a POS.