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Dozens of people died after the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump used Twitter Thursday night to promote an interview in which he explained how his supporters could be "tough" – and removed the tweet Friday morning after the killing of the New Zealand mosque.

In his interview with Breitbart News Network, Trump said: "I can tell you that I have the support of the police, the support of the army, the support of the Bikers for Trump – I have hard people, but they do not do it – play hard – until they reach a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad. "

Breitbart said Trump was talking about the "vicious" tactic of "the left".

"So here's the problem – it's terrible what's going on," Trump said before talking about his supporters. "You know, the left plays a more difficult game, it's very funny. In fact, I think the right people are harder, but they do not play harder. D & # 39; agreement "?

The White House has not commented on the removal of the tweet by Trump.

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Trump's critics accused him of fomenting the violence of his sponsors.

"I think it sounds a lot to me that he's encouraging them to engage in something that's probably illegal, like assaulting people, you know how to behave in a dangerous way," said Senator Mazie Hirono, of D -Hawaii, on MSNBC. "It sounds like a threat to me, I think it's appalling."

Social media users have criticized the fact that Trump published this article as news of shooting in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 49 people, was published.

Friday morning, Trump tweeted a condemnation of the attacks.

"My warmest sympathy and best wishes go out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre at the mosques, where 49 innocent people died senselessly, and so many others were seriously injured," Trump said. "The United States supports New Zealand for all we can do, God bless everyone!"

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