Trump: No proof of Middle Easterners in caravan
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(23 Oct 2018) President Donald Trump is acknowledging there's "no proof" that Middle Easterners are mixed in with the Central American migrants moving in a caravan toward the U.S. southern border. Asked for evidence of his claim during a bill signing Tuesday, Trump says, "There's no proof of anything." But he says "they could very well be" in the caravan. Trump had claimed in a tweet Monday that "Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners" were mixed in with the migrants fleeing violence or poverty. He told reporters Tuesday that the U.S. Border Patrol has "intercepted many people from the Middle East" over the course of the year. Associated Press journalists who have traveled with the migrant caravan for more than a week have seen no evidence of Trump's claims. Trump also defended calling himself a nationalist. "All I want, our country is to be treated well, to be treated with respect," said Trump. "For many years other countries, that are allies of ours, so-called allies they have not treated our country fairly. So in that sense I am absolutely a nationalist and I'm proud of it." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6b723166912cc15a83ef451f6fae807e
