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Thursday, June 5, 2025
Trump says he left Egypt out of travel ban because ‘they have things under control’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Donald Trump is asked why he didn’t include Egypt on the list of countries whose citizens will be banned from entering the United States, given that he tied the crackdown to the Boulder attack perpetrated by an Egyptian national.
“Because Egypt has been a country that we deal with very closely. They have things under control,” Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office.
Egypt is one of the mediators in the ongoing hostage talks between Israel and Hamas.
Egypt, along with Israel, was also left off the list of countries to whom foreign aid was halted by the Trump administration earlier this year.
Q: On your travel ban, if the Boulder attack was part of your reasoning, why not include Egypt?
TRUMP: Because Egypt has been a country that we deal with very closely. They have things under control. pic.twitter.com/0FnMXixD5X
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2025
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