Arab Americans become prominent voices in US politics - via Trump

[Coventina]

While many appearing on stage during president-elect Donald Trump’s victory speech in the early hours of 6 November were familiar faces, one man, standing next to Tiffany Trump, was not.

Michael Boulos, the son of Lebanese billionaire and Trump’s new senior adviser on Middle Eastern affairs, Massad Boulos, and the husband of Trump’s youngest daughter, stood cautiously to the president-elect’s right as America looked on.

While Boulos’ presence – part of Trump’s successful coalition-building effort – may have gone largely unnoticed by many viewers, for Arab Americans such as Yahya Basha, a Syrian American doctor who runs several medical facilities in Detroit, it served as a breakthrough moment.

In September, Basha met Trump and Boulos during one of the president-elect’s many campaign trips to Michigan.



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/08/arab-americans-political-platform-trump

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[Phoenix61]

1. "..they believe he is genuine" WTAF! Where have they been?

They have served their purpose which was to get him elected. They are in for a rude awakening if they are counting on him keeping a single promise he made to them.

[Asa13]

2. I hope they enjoy being useful idiots to their own demise

They were so concerned about shit in another country they could give a fuck about this one. Their religious values put them in line with the what the right wants but wait til they find out they're the wrong hateful violent religion

[JI7]

3. I think Tiffany's family is Christian

but yeah the are conservative which is why they supported Trump. They were voting based on their opposition to lgbt.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

4. He's genuine alright, a genuine Islamophobe.

[sarisataka]

5. Will we see pro-Palestinian protests of Republicans now

or do they only hold Democrats to account?

[comradebillyboy]

6. They will never protest Republicans. They share all of

the most regressive Republican values on LGBT, women's rights, free speech and religious freedom. Muslims and Arab Americans fully support all the conservative culture war positions.