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While Trump does not directly state it in his tweet, the implication is clear: the recent ideologically motivated attacks carried out by ISIS are directly responsible for the 13% rise in crime across the entire UK. Looking closely at the tweet, there are two things to take note of; the crime statistic and the specific quote Trump鈥檚 referencing.

The crime statistic comes from an annual report produced by the United Kingdom鈥檚 Office of National Statistics (ONS), which specifically looked at reported violent crime in England and Wales, (not the entire 鈥�,鈥� as misleadingly described in Trump鈥檚 tweet). It covered gun and knife-related offenses, robberies, sexual crimes, stalking and harassment, burglary and car crime.听

So what does terrorism have to do with this? As The Guardian , 鈥淭he report barely mentions terrorism, other than to refer on one occasion to the impact recent terrorist attacks in Britain had on the headline murder rate.鈥� Or more straightforwardly, familiar with the report, 鈥淭he simple answer is that our statistical release bulletin yesterday made no link between terrorism and violent crime.鈥�

One statistic that wasn鈥檛 mentioned by Trump was a 29% rise in hate crimes across Wales and England from the previous year, as stated in a separate published a few days earlier by the UK Home Office.

Then there鈥檚 the mysterious quote and source within Trump鈥檚 tweet. It鈥檚 not the ONS report, as some might think. Media Matters for America tracked down the original quote, it back to One American News Network (OANN), a far-right website that frequently hosts and often pushes . If anyone had any doubt about OANN鈥檚 role as the source of the quote in Trump鈥檚 speech, this tweet from the far-right site should put that issue to rest:

Of course, this is far from the only time that Trump has made anti-Muslim statements. Both The and have rundowns on some of Trump鈥檚 most inflammatory statements, many of which are undeniably anti-Muslim. He鈥檚 not the only one within his administration who has done so.

For example, White House policy advisor Stephen Miller cited an analysis from the Center for Immgration Studies 听鈥� a 澳彩开奖-designated anti-immigrant hate group 鈥� falsely claiming 72 individuals covered in Trump鈥檚 original Muslim ban were 鈥渋mplicated in terroristic activity in the United States.鈥澨� However according to an independent review of CIS鈥� analysis by The Annenberg Public Policy Center, 鈥淣one of the 72 people was responsible for any terrorist-related deaths in the U.S. 鈥� even though roughly 1 million citizens of the seven countries came to the U.S. during this time as refugees, immigrants or on nonimmigrant visas, according to our review of State Department data.鈥� It concluded that Miller鈥檚 remarks were 鈥渁 gross exaggeration.鈥�

An even bigger gaffe came from Kellyanne Conway, who similarly attempted to defend Trump鈥檚 Muslim ban by making reference to the 鈥淏owling Green massacre,鈥� purportedly committed by violent extremists claiming to act in the name of Islam. The problem was that the incident Conway . There was a 2011 attempt by Iraqi nationals living in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to provide money and material support to terrorists overseas, however the men were arrested by law enforcement officials.

The pattern of bigoted lies committed by Trump and his supporters goes beyond targeting Muslims. Perhaps the most telling example (and response) that foreshadowed this pattern occurred almost two years ago. In November 2015, then-candidate Trump infamously re-tweeted a post from an which falsely claimed that 81% of white people in the United States are killed by black people.

In the face of heavy criticism for spreading such a blatantly false and racist piece of misinformation, Trump refused to apologize, rhetorically asking, 鈥淎m I going to check every statistic?鈥�

Not then and not now, it seems.
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