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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Fri May 19, 2017, 08:45 AM May 2017

Trump will give a speech on Islam in Saudi-Arabia. It was written by an Islamophobe.

http://theweek.com/articles/699784/how-badly-trumps-trip

Perhaps 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 OP
Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour! tanyev May 2017 #1
If he gets through this trip without triggering an international incident, I'll be shocked. Siwsan May 2017 #2
..... trusty elf May 2017 #3
kinda like Hitler delivering a speech on Judaism I would imagine :( luvMIdog May 2017 #4
I'm really looking forward to this Victor_c3 May 2017 #5
Unleashing the world's biggest a***hole across the globe Doodley May 2017 #6
If anyone deserves this, it's the Saudis. EL34x4 May 2017 #7

Siwsan

(26,248 posts)
2. If he gets through this trip without triggering an international incident, I'll be shocked.
Fri May 19, 2017, 08:47 AM
May 2017

Really shocked.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
5. I'm really looking forward to this
Fri May 19, 2017, 09:01 AM
May 2017

Not that I want to see our country fail, but trump's idea of success is not at all congruent with mine.

 

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)
7. If anyone deserves this, it's the Saudis.
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:08 AM
May 2017

I won't lose any sleep worrying that Trump might insult them.

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