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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Just a week after winning several of the nations largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect Donald Trump has filled top administration posts with staunch Israel supporters, including an ambassador to Israel who has claimed there is no such thing as Palestinians.
Meanwhile, the two Trump advisers who led his outreach to Arab Americans have not secured positions in the administration yet.
The selections have prompted mixed reactions among Arab Americans and Muslims in Michigan, which went for Trump along with all six other battleground states. Some noted Trumps longstanding support for Israel and said their vote against Vice President Kamala Harris was not necessarily an endorsement of him. Others who openly supported him say he will be the final decisionmaker on policy and hope he will keep his promise of achieving an end to the conflicts in the Middle East.
Albert Abbas, a Lebanese American leader whose brother owns the Dearborn, Michigan, restaurant Trump visited in the campaigns final days, stood beside the former president during that visit and spoke in support of him.
Now, Abbas says its too early to judge Trump and that we all need to take a deep breath, take a step back and let him do the work that he needs to do to to achieve this peace.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/some-arab-americans-who-voted-for-trump-say-they-are-concerned-about-his-picks-for-key-positions
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Take a deep breath and hold it, you moron!!!