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struggle4progress

(118,235 posts)
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:49 PM May 2017

Campaigned against Muslims, will preach tolerance in Saudi speech

By Philip Rucker and Abby Phillip
May 19 at 5:54 PM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump, whose demonization of Muslims was a trademark of his nationalist campaign, arrives here Saturday hoping the Arab world will listen to a new message.

Embarking on his first overseas trip as president, Trump plans to do a rhetorical pirouette with a speech Sunday in the birthplace of Islam preaching religious tolerance and inviting Muslims to join the United States in the fight against global terrorism.

As a candidate, Trump proposed banning Muslims from entering the United States, warned of a “Trojan horse” filled with refugees slaughtering innocent Americans and proclaimed, “Islam hates us” ...


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-campaigned-against-muslims-but-will-preach-tolerance-in-saudi-speech/2017/05/19/6357c60c-3ca7-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?utm_term=.2194646efe6b

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Campaigned against Muslims, will preach tolerance in Saudi speech (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2017 OP
And when the deplorables back here in the USA get wind of this, The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #1
they will be ok as long as he continues to kick them out of the US JI7 May 2017 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,605 posts)
1. And when the deplorables back here in the USA get wind of this,
Fri May 19, 2017, 11:57 PM
May 2017

then what? Will his fanboys at Stormfront and the like get a sad?

JI7

(89,240 posts)
2. they will be ok as long as he continues to kick them out of the US
Sat May 20, 2017, 12:00 AM
May 2017

the SAudi thing is about him doing business there.

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