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11 May

7 Moments from Trump’s Speech in Saudi Arabia

By Ryan Mauro0 CommentsAmerican Values, Politics, & Foreign Policy9/11, Al-Qaeda, Foreign Policy, Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS, Minority rights, Muslim, rights, saudi arabia, speech, Sunni, Trump

President Trump’s brazen speech in Saudi Arabia is being praised from (almost) all quarters. Its powerful moments will be remembered for years and will reverberate throughout the Middle East. But no speech is perfect. Here are seven moments from the speech, starting with what may be the closest President Trump may come to having his “Tear Down This Wall” moment: It is a choice between two futures – and it is a choice America CANNOT make for you. A better future is only possible if your nations drive out the terrorists and extremists. Drive. Them. Out. DRIVE THEM OUT of your places…

13 Sep

‘Radical Islam’ Absent in 9/11 Addresses by Trump Admin

By Ryan Mauro0 CommentsUS Homeland Security9/11, McMaster, Radical Islam, Rex Tillerson, Steve Bannon, Trump

In a stunning reversal from his campaign rhetoric, President Donald Trump declined to mention radical Islam on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, as did the vice president, secretary of defense and attorney general. The omissions were first noticed by Breitbart, which pointed out that Attorney-General Jeff Sessions came closest to using the terminology by stating that the terrorists sought to “impose their speech codes, their religion, their theocracy.” In his speech at the Republican convention accepting the party’s presidential nomination, Trump mentioned the Islamic basis of the jihadist threat four times. During the presidential campaign, Trump regularly attacked…