Donald Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States in remarks that drew a sharp rebuke from a former top Arab American ally.
Trump called El-Sayed, a former Detroit health official, a “jihadist” who was “on the side of the terrorists” and would “have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate.” He also repeatedly invoked the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, drawing a comparison between stopping El-Sayed from entering the Senate chamber and the passengers who fought back against the hijackers aboard United Flight 93.
El-Sayed, who would become the nation’s first Muslim senator if elected, has called attacks on his loyalty to the country “shameful” and repeatedly denied any ties to extremist groups. The Republican president’s remarks were condemned by Bishara Bahbah, a founder of Arab Americans for Trump, the group that helped lead the president’s outreach to Arab American voters in 2024.
‘National Security’ again…
Pickles in his happy meal is a national security threat if you ask him!
When he had to sit for a deposition in the BBC trial his lawyers said he couldn’t because he had to deal with matters of “National Security”. The BBC lawyers got their hands on his schedule for the day he was supposed to be deposed. He had a rally and a fundraiser at Mar-a-lago. The judge was pretty pissed.
He thinks that National Security just means he can do whatever he wants.