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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump will give a speech on Islam in Saudi-Arabia. It was written by an Islamophobe.
http://theweek.com/articles/699784/how-badly-trumps-tripPerhaps the most fraught part of the trip is a speech Trump is scheduled to give in Riyadh, in which he will address the world's Muslims with a discussion of Islam. What could possibly go wrong?
For starters, the speech is being written by Stephen Miller, the former Jeff Sessions aide who has a broad policy portfolio in the White House. Among other things, Miller helped author the administration's ban on travel from several Muslim countries, and is seen as a partner with Stephen Bannon in a long-term project to limit immigration and push back on non-European cultural influences. Miller is hardly alone on this score; Trump's administration is rife with Islamophobes, from Bannon to Sebastian Gorka to the president himself. This has not been lost on the world's Muslims, who may be less than receptive to a lecture from Trump on the past, present, and future of their religion.
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Since Masada is the site of a famous siege that culminated in mass suicide, Trump's extemporaneous remarks would no doubt have been ... interesting.
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Trump will give a speech on Islam in Saudi-Arabia. It was written by an Islamophobe. (Original Post)
DetlefK
May 2017
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tanyev
(42,515 posts)1. Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour!
Siwsan
(26,248 posts)2. If he gets through this trip without triggering an international incident, I'll be shocked.
Really shocked.
trusty elf
(7,380 posts)3. .....
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luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)4. kinda like Hitler delivering a speech on Judaism I would imagine :(
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)5. I'm really looking forward to this
Not that I want to see our country fail, but trump's idea of success is not at all congruent with mine.
Doodley
(9,036 posts)6. Unleashing the world's biggest a***hole across the globe
EL34x4
(2,003 posts)7. If anyone deserves this, it's the Saudis.
I won't lose any sleep worrying that Trump might insult them.