“Trump has insisted that the measure is necessary to prevent possible terrorist attacks. But courts in previous rulings blocking its enforcement have cited past statements from Trump and his advisors signaling that it may single out Muslims.” Meanwhile, Muslims continue singling out non-Muslims for jihad terror attacks. If the UK had had Trump’s ban in […]
Trump switched “Islamist terror” to “Islamic terror” on purpose to defy State Department
I’m now completely certain that Donald Trump defied his own State Department and probably the Department of Defense while giving his speech in Riyadh. Trump switched out the deceptive word “Islamist” and switched in “Islamic” while reading his prepared speech from the teleprompter. Watch that struggle for yourself with the edited “remarks as prepared” on […]
Major policy shift: Trump administration declares Jerusalem part of Israel
Major, and most welcome. Jerusalem belongs to Israel by the record of history, international law, and the right of conquest that is recognized for every other state in the world, but not for Israel. This is an extremely encouraging development; we can only hope there will be more to come. “Trump Admin Declares Jerusalem Part […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Trump Moves U.S. Towards a Realistic Approach to Jihad Threat
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 […]
Trump lands in Israel, tells Israelis they have “a great opportunity” for “peace throughout the Middle East”
“Drive them out from where they drove you out,” says the Qur’an (2:191), and that’s why Muslims throughout the world believe that Israel has no right to exist, and that they have a responsibility before Allah to do everything they can to destroy it. That’s why every negotiated settlement to bring peace between Israel and […]
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.