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Marco Rubio: “The threat [of jihadist terrorism] has not disappeared.”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 05:07

The number of people killed by jihadist terrorism in Europe dropped by roughly 97% from the year 2015 to the year 2024. In other words, to a very great extent, our counterterrorism strategy has worked. The threat [of jihadist terrorism] has not disappeared. Of course, it will continue to exist, particularly so long as we tolerate immigration systems that imports these threats directly into our respective homelands. But this threat has been severely diminished. (05:07–05:09)

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