‘Poor use of time & energy’: Trump’s former homeland security adviser questions Europe travel ban

Published March 12, 2020 2:28pm ET



President Trump’s former homeland security adviser doubted the effectiveness of restricting travel from Europe at this point in the fight against the coronavirus.

On Wednesday night, Trump announced a ban on nonessential travel from Europe, with the exception of the United Kingdom and Ireland, for 30 days to help contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Tom Bossert, who advised Trump on counterterrorism from 2017 to 2018, claimed that it was too late to implement an effective travel ban as a means of containing the coronavirus.

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