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Coventina

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Tue Nov 19, 2024, 12:25 PM Nov 19

Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump say they are concerned about his picks for key positions [View all]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Just a week after winning several of the nation’s 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 Trump’s 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 campaign’s final days, stood beside the former president during that visit and spoke in support of him.

Now, Abbas says it’s “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!!!

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Oh brother Rebl2 Nov 19 #1
Gee whizz guys, maybe you shouldn't have wasted your vote on a racist Walleye Nov 19 #2
I don't fucking care about these backstabbers. Basso8vb Nov 19 #3
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? AloeVera Nov 19 #12
It seems a lot of people were blinded by their hatred of Jews. yardwork Nov 19 #28
Many people were blinded by the genocide. AloeVera Nov 19 #44
Co-signed Blue_Tires Nov 19 #24
It sounds like Trump sent some low-level staffers to meet with Muslim Arab groups. yardwork Nov 19 #25
WTF? atreides1 Nov 19 #4
Oh, but we're all pissy about Harris paleotn Nov 19 #11
There are no palestinians.... getagrip_already Nov 19 #38
On the other hand the Palestinians think that the comradebillyboy Nov 19 #42
That's what they say, and I believe them. yardwork Nov 19 #57
Damn, dudes, cry me a river. republianmushroom Nov 19 #5
Well, let's just call the fucking.... CurtEastPoint Nov 19 #6
At this point Macrophylla Nov 19 #7
Arab Americans who voted for Trump? paleotn Nov 19 #8
Trusting a demented liar Sundance1220 Nov 19 #9
They have no memory of Trump's Muslim ban? wnylib Nov 19 #51
Karma can be a pain LetMyPeopleVote Nov 19 #10
Idiots on Display getting their Karma is a ***** in Real Time. Cha Nov 19 #49
These idiots are suffering from buyer's remorse LetMyPeopleVote Nov 19 #52
And so fucking Soon.. Cha Nov 19 #55
They'll be okay, * told them so MagickMuffin Nov 19 #13
fail Trailrider1951 Nov 19 #14
Trump won because of us.... yardwork Nov 19 #15
.. Cha Nov 19 #50
Tough. BannonsLiver Nov 19 #16
Own it sarisataka Nov 19 #17
Hope they all know good plastic surgeons for after the leopards get done with their faces. bluesbassman Nov 19 #18
To protest against democrats, muslims got what they wanted:::: Trump. keithbvadu2 Nov 19 #19
Oh, he'll "acheive an end", Arab-American Drumpf voters. The Unmitigated Gall Nov 19 #20
Exactly. tanyev Nov 19 #54
"Concerned" is such a useless word. Baitball Blogger Nov 19 #21
They join Senator Collins in her eternal concern. yardwork Nov 19 #26
oh well RJ_MacReady Nov 19 #22
Anyone who voted for the sociopath deserves whatever happens to them. JohnSJ Nov 19 #23
It is far worse than merely voting for Chump TheKentuckian Nov 19 #29
All to music of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. JohnSJ Nov 19 #34
I was more thinking Vogan poetry in Hebrew and a goodly amount of gay sex sounds TheKentuckian Nov 19 #45
There are no do-overs for voting Norbert Nov 19 #27
I thought they would be happy living in a shithole country if they voted for tRump? nt yaesu Nov 19 #30
Well Mr. Abbas, at least he's a "strong male" right? A real MAN. Take your comfort there. Asshole. nt Maru Kitteh Nov 19 #31
Oh no! It's the entirely predictable consequences of one's own actions! RockRaven Nov 19 #32
They are either lying or fools. Irish_Dem Nov 19 #33
Arab Americans who voted for Trump are idiots. J_William_Ryan Nov 19 #35
Is it a Susan Collins level of CONCERN? yellowcanine Nov 19 #36
He'll end the conflict, alright. By eliminating one of the sides. Crunchy Frog Nov 19 #37
The Leopards Ate My Face - The Song Yavin4 Nov 19 #39
Many will see it first hand.... getagrip_already Nov 19 #40
Post removed Post removed Nov 19 #41
Y'all will see that your imaginations were laughably short of reality TheKentuckian Nov 19 #46
All of it undeniably true. AloeVera Nov 19 #47
Yep thats a leopard on your face. Volaris Nov 19 #43
Oh "they're Concerned" are they? Well, We're More Cha Nov 19 #48
Gullible rubes take awhike to realized they've been screwed by a conman. CentralMass Nov 19 #53
The concern of any American Arab or Muslim who voted for Trump DFW Nov 19 #56
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