New Year’s Day terror attacks add urgency to Trump’s plans to reprioritize national security

President-elect Donald Trump has long warned that the Biden administration was not fortifying the country against Islamist terrorism on U.S. soil, and his supporters say New Year’s Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas hammered home the point.

Mr. Trump and his allies blamed the massacre of 14 pedestrians by an ISIS-inspired terrorist on President Biden’s open border policies and weak leadership. They faulted the Biden administration’s focus on investigating White nationalism, religious organizations and activist parents who complain at school board meetings.

“Our Country is a disaster, a laughing stock all over the World! This is what happens when you have OPEN BORDERS, with weak, ineffective, and virtually nonexistent leadership,” Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social.