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Morocco says Trump highway naming is mark of ‘deep appreciation’
straitstimes.com ^ | 08/02/2026

Posted on 08/02/2026 6:47:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Moroccan King Mohammed VI said his decision to give US President Donald Trump’s name to a US$1 billion (S$1.28 billion) highway that crosses into the disputed Western Sahara expresses his “deep appreciation” of the American leader.

Hailing Trump’s “historic recognition” of Moroccan rule of the Western Sahara in 2020, the king said it “will forever be etched in the memory of Moroccans” and has “given unprecedented momentum to our bilateral relations”.

A resource-rich territory about the size of the UK, the Western Sahara has been disputed by Morocco and an Algerian-backed independence movement since former colonial ruler Spain withdrew in 1975. The UN designates it a non-self-governing territory.

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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: africa; algeria; italy; jihadistsonfr; mohammadean; mohammedvi; morocco; polisariaofront; spain; tds; trumphighway; westernsahara

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1 posted on 08/02/2026 6:47:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Pre invasion ass kissing exercise


2 posted on 08/02/2026 6:48:12 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: BenLurkin

In the choice between bad and worse, choose bad. Morocco is bad, Algeria is worse.

FWIW Morocco is considered the most financially stable country in Africa, with a C rating; it’s like being the preschool reader in a high school full of illiterates, but it’s better than nothing.


3 posted on 08/02/2026 6:55:44 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: BenLurkin

🚨 Donald Trump thanked Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Sunday, July 26, 2026, in a post on his Truth Social platform, sharing a promotional video announcing that the 1,055-kilometer (655-mile) Tiznit-Dakhla highway running through Western Sahara was named the President Donald J. Trump Highway.

🚨🚨 President Donald Trump reaffirmed U.S. recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara on August 1, 2026, in an official message sent to King Mohammed VI for the 27th anniversary of Throne Day.


4 posted on 08/02/2026 7:04:07 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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Well that’s nice of them .


5 posted on 08/02/2026 7:06:30 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: BenLurkin

Hmmm, wonder who was the Morocco mole?


6 posted on 08/02/2026 7:08:58 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: BenLurkin

The new highway will allow easier access to Rick’s Café Américain.


7 posted on 08/02/2026 7:12:31 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don't really care, Margaret.””)
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“THIS IS VERY SERIOUS. I’m receiving these images of how Moroccan authorities are emptying trucks full of young people near the border with Ceuta.

Anyone who doesn’t want to see that this is a perfectly orchestrated operation by the regime is simply blind.”

https://x.com/TalebSahara/status/2082930831903830429

If the video there is correct, if, then it would seem to have been orchestrated by the Moroccan regime who apparently want to wrest Cueta and Melilla from Spain and that this was a destabilization event. It needs further verification though.

Google (AI):

“The image shows a viral video from late July 2026 capturing a chaotic scene near the Morocco-Spain border, where groups of people are seen disembarking from the back of a truck amid heightened migration pressure toward the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta.Context: The footage circulated widely on social media amid a massive surge of thousands of individuals approaching the border, leading to significant security deployments and international attention.”


8 posted on 08/02/2026 7:15:28 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: BenLurkin

For the uninitiated - Morocco was the first country to formally recognize the United States of America as a sovereign country. We have our oldest continuous diplomatic presence there.


9 posted on 08/02/2026 7:23:24 AM PDT by Repeat Offender ( )
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To: BenLurkin

Strange.


10 posted on 08/02/2026 7:24:53 AM PDT by hcmama (Love that guy.)
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To: BenLurkin

I liked the country when I visited. And had a Moroccan girlfriend in Paris. SHe was the Rockin’ Moroccan.


11 posted on 08/02/2026 7:40:44 AM PDT by mfish13 ( )
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Morocco has had a sultan, then a king, since 788. The current dynasty has ruled since 1631, though they were a French protectorate for a time . What surprises me is that in over 1200 years they’ve only gotten around to six Mohammads as ruler, since in contemporary times so many boys are given that wretched name


12 posted on 08/02/2026 8:01:29 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: BenLurkin
We have always been on good terms with Morocco and still are. It goes way back to a Treaty of Friendship in 1786.

This thread should in no way be negative.

13 posted on 08/02/2026 8:13:34 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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