"We must not allow ISIS to return, or enter, our country after defeating them in the Middle East and elsewhere. Trump tweeted. Trump earlier decried the attack as an act of madness. "In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person," Trump tweeted. IS has been dealt a string of defeats across Iraq and Syria in recent months, with authorities worried that fleeing foreign fighters might return home.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 31, 2017 23:26 UTC