But will D.C.’s foreign policy swamp undo his progress? My latest in PJ Media: President Trump’s much-anticipated speech at the Islamic Summit in Riyadh didn’t begin auspiciously. Trump started with: “I want to thank King Salman for his extraordinary words” — yet among Salman’s “extraordinary words” were the risible claims that “Islam was and will […]
Video: Trump’s full Saudi speech: “This is a battle between Good and Evil”
Honestly is the key word in Trump’s phrase “honestly confronting Islamist extremism.” Trump’s speech starts at 24:00. Full text here.
Full text of Trump’s Saudi speech: “Drive them out of your places of worship”
This is certainly a much more honest speech about the jihad threat than any speech Barack Obama ever delivered, and Trump delivered it well to a tough audience. How he follows up on it is all-important: will he actually scrap Obama’s fantasy-based counterterror program and allow for study of the motivating ideology of jihad terrorists, […]
Trump: Muslim states must lead in fighting “radicalization”
I’ll put up video of Trump’s speech as soon as it is available; he has finished now but the live streams are still covering the speeches of various Muslim leaders. Trump called upon the assembled dignitaries to drive the jihadis out of the countries and out of their places of worship. What will he do […]
Watch live: Trump says if Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can get along, peace in this world is possible
Updated with video of the speech: Trump starts at 24:00. That may be true, but it’s an essentially utopian vision, because one of those three faiths contains an imperative to conquer and subjugate the other two (cf. Qur’an 9:29, 8:39, etc.). He turned from there to hitting Iran and calling upon the governments in the […]
Watch live: Trump calls on Muslim states to “honestly confront problem of Islamist extremism”
Updated with video of the speech: Trump starts at 24:00. That was an encouraging sign, but then he started praising Saudi Arabia’s tolerance and affirmation of women’s rights.
Watch Trump live: “Terrorists do not worship God. They worship death,” calls Saudi Arabia “sacred land”
Updated with video of the speech: Trump starts at 24:00. —– Watch live. Trump is speaking to the Islamic Summit in Saudi Arabia now, calling upon them to stand with the U.S. against terrorism. “This is not a battle between different faiths…” All this is very well if he allows law enforcement and intelligence agencies […]
Trump to say “this is a battle between barbaric criminals and decent people of all religions”
“This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations. This is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life, and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it.” That is certainly true. There are decent Muslims who seek to protect human life. In 2014 in Iraq, […]