Sanders gave an online reply to Trump 's January 2018 State of the Union address in which he called Trump " compulsively dishonest " and criticized him for initiating " a looming immigration crisis " by ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program . He voiced concern about Trump 's failure to mention the finding that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election and " will likely interfere in the 2018 midterms we will be holding ... Unless you have a very special relationship with Mr. Putin . " Sanders strongly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and has criticized a number of policies instituted during the War on Terror , particularly mass surveillance and the USA Patriot Act . He criticized Israel 's actions during the 2014 Gaza war and U.S. involvement in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen . On November 15 , 2015 , in response to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) 's attacks in Paris , Sanders cautioned against " Islamophobia " and said , " We got ta be tough , not stupid " in the war against ISIL , adding that the U.S. should continue to welcome Syrian refugees
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