UK: Trump says he knows 'nothing' about small boats - but claims most people arriving on them probably 'bad people' [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Trump says he knows ‘nothing’ about small boats - but claims most people arriving on them probably ‘bad people’ – UK politics live
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Trump says he knows 'nothing' about small boats - but claims most people arriving on them probably 'bad people'
Christopher Hope, political editor of GB News, asked earlier if Donald Trump had any advice for the UK on the small boats crisis. (See 12.49pm.)
Trump did not seem to recognise the term, and Keir Starmer said this was a reference to boats coming across the channel. He said the UK government was taking “a lot of action” to stop people coming in the first place.
Then Trump added:
Immigration is a big factor.
"And I think, frankly, if they’re coming from other countries and you don’t know who they are – are they coming from prisons? We have them where they came in from prisons. We’re moving them all out.
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