Posted on 05/22/2017 4:50:26 PM PDT by Starman417
Away from the commotion of the ongoing attempt at a coup d'etat of the current President by being conducted by democrats and the left wing media, Donald Trump is getting things don and acting as the real leader of the free world. Upon his arrival in the Middle East, Trump shook hands with Saudi King Salman rather than bow and scrape as did barack obama. Despite the prediction that Trump would not be welcome in the Arab world, Trump received the rock star treatment.
The great thing is that this is no barack obama apology for the US tour. This is business.
Trump did what barack obama would not and could not do- actually speak of Islamic terrorism.
Obama began his address by focusing on western guilt:He called on the Muslim world to take on the terrorists:More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Moreover, the sweeping change brought by modernity and globalization led many Muslims to view the West as hostile to the traditions of Islam.
In contrast, Trump began by declaring that “Muslim countries must take the lead in combating radicalization. He said that he was not there to lecture to others about how to worship, but to call for unity “in pursuing the one goal: … to conquer extremism and vanquish the forces that terrorism brings with it every single time,” singling out “young Muslim men and women.”
Trump went further, taking on “terrorism and the ideology that drives it.” He listed recent terror attacks in the U.S. and around the world, and noted that “the deadliest toll has been extracted from the innocent people of Arab and Muslim nations.” The optimism of the region, he said, was “held at bay by bloodshed and terror.” And he added: “There can be no co-existence with this violence.”
“Drive them out. Drive them out of your places of worship. Drive them out of your communities. Drive them out of your holy land and drive them out of this earth,” he said, during his speech in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.Further, he is going to do something obama failed to do- finish ISIS. Trump has given military commanders the freedom to "annihilate" ISIS:Trump promised that America would serve as a willing partner to combat terrorism but that they had to take the lead.
“America is prepared to stand with you in pursuit of shared interests and common security, but the nations of the Middle East cannot wait for American power to crush this enemy for them,” he said.
He described the cost of terrorism afflicting young Muslim men and women, as well as in countries around the world, urging all leaders to work for peace in the Middle East. He specifically called out terrorist attacks by name in the United States and Europe, calling them a “tragedy of epic proportions.”
“Terrorists do not worship God, they worship death,” Trump said.
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We have a REAL president
Bfl
The Saudi King went to Trump.
Obama went to the Saudi King.
I watched his entire speech. It was really clear and really effective. It really struck me about how stark the contrast is of seeing Trump live and hearing about what he said through the media filter. I truly hope that real Americans are getting the truth. I just see people I rub elbows with, who were Trump voters, waffle in their support. Sad.
Sad indeed. Just says they ain’t paying attention.
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