Posted on 05/15/2025 12:17:16 PM PDT by Angelino97
President Trump shed his shoes Monday to take in the splendor of the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates — a rare visit by a sitting American chief executive to an overseas Muslim house of worship.
“It’s so beautiful,” Trump, clad in stocking feet as a mark of respect, told reporters inside the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
“This is an incredible culture.”
Trump, 78, was joined at the ornate white marble edifice by Abu Dhabi’s crown prince Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, who recently signed a deal with Disney to develop a theme park on nearby Yas Island.
The president, who began the third leg of his three-nation Middle East trip Thursday, said proudly that his visit marked the “first time they’ve closed the mosque for the day.”
“It’s in honor of the United States. Better than in honor of me,” he said. “Let’s give it to the country. That’s a great tribute.”
“I’m very proud of my friends,” said Trump, who has used his jam-packed schedule to focus on fostering business ties between American corporations and oil and gas-rich Arab leaders.
Only a handful of presidents have visited mosques — and even fewer have done so beyond American shores.
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Don’t go Bush on us!
He is capable of telling white lies to those cretins to get the job done. I wish he would not however...
Exactly what I was thinking. Just dont be saying it’s a “religion of peace.”
incredible does not always mean good.
IMHO it’s a small price to pay to encourage the Sunni Muslims to stay on our side against the Shiite Muslims (Iran).
Islam is incredible. The former terrorist leader of Syria is a good-looking guy. Thankfully I’ve learned to not take Trump’s statements that seriously.
I continue to admire Condoleezza Rice hence my username but Trump is right in wanting to end the Bush doctrines once for all. Too many of our troops have had their lives destroyed, for starters.
“ Don’t go Bush on us!”
He’s not. He said incredible culture during a business visit promoting peace and cooperation while getting the purple rug treatment
Bush said peaceful religion while cowering after a violent attack on our soil
Um.
The Religion of peace. Convert or die.
Alas, "Islam" did not agree.
Mr. President...
Yeah, a lot of innocent blood was spilled to create that excellent architecture
I think he’s referring to the architecture and art, much of which is very beautiful.
Well what would you expect him to say? Anyone expects he’s going to go in a mosque and criticize Islam?
Beautiful!
He knows they're "raised from birth"...as killers of Christians and Jews.
Islam, it's an incredible culture! /s
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