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, […]
Iran’s Zarif urges Trump to discuss avoiding another 9/11 with Saudis
Funny guy. But the real joke is that while Saudi involvement in 9/11 has been widely known, and energetically covered up, Iran was involved in 9/11 as well. As I detail in my new book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran, on December 22, 2011, U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels ruled in Havlish, et […]
McMaster: Jihadis are “not religious people,” suggests Trump won’t say “radical Islamic terrorism” in Saudi speech
A complete retreat from his campaign vow to speak honestly about the motivating ideology behind the global jihad threat, and from his repeated use of the phrase (which is imperfect itself, but better than the denial and willful ignorance of Bush and Obama) early in his presidency. No force can defeat an enemy it does […]
Trump views exhibit on religious tolerance in Saudi Arabia, which allows only Islam
What a comic opera absurdity. Did President Trump ask King Salman where the churches and synagogues and Hindu temples were in Saudi Arabia? Did he ask the sinister little king how his exhibition of tolerance and coexistence among different faiths squared with the Saudi Grand Mufti’s calling for the demolition of churches? Did he ask […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: On Mideast Policy, the Swamp Drains Trump
He’s embracing the same establishment advice Bush and Obama did. My latest in PJ Media: Speaking Friday about President Trump’s trip to the Middle East, National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster said that Trump would: … develop a strong, respectful message that the United States and the entire civilized world expects our Muslim allies to […]
Robert Spencer: McMaster Drags Trump Into the Swamp
My latest over at the Geller Report: Here we go again. If President Trump’s National Security Adviser, H. R. McMaster, wields influence over the President, and if his characterization of the President’s upcoming trip to the Middle East is to be believed, Trump is now set to repeat all the mistakes that his last two […]
What we learned when Sally Yates spoke her mind
I contributed to the Glazov Gang this week; you can watch my first Brian of London Moment: A little background: this piece grew out of my original analysis of the first Immigration Executive Order, which was published here on JihadWatch. I was reminded of this by the comments Sally Yates made while being cross examined by […]
McMaster: Trump will “call for Muslim leaders to promote a peaceful vision of Islam”
Bush and Obama called for Muslim leaders to promote a peaceful vision of Islam. They also claimed that the jihadis’ version of Islam “uses a perverted interpretation of religion.” Where did it get them? The same place comforting falsehoods always take you: into a maze of blind alleys and failed policies based on incorrect analysis. […]
ACLU Lawyer: Trump travel ban “could be Constitutional” if enacted by Hillary Clinton
If it could be Constitutional if enacted by Clinton, then it’s Constitutional when enacted by Trump. Trump’s “campaign animus” against Muslims is a fiction of the media and political elites. Neither Trump nor anyone else would have any “animus” against Islam or Muslims were it not for jihad terrorism. The idea that Trump was motivated […]