Trump had a very awkward exchange with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Nadia Murad
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Trump had a very awkward exchange with Nobel Peace Prize-winner Nadia Murad
President Trump's Oval Office rendezvous with survivors of religious persecution got awkward at a couple different points — like when Trump got an unexpected geography lesson when learning about the Rohingya community and persecution of the Uighur population in China, and when his spiritual adviser used her speaking time to thank him for making it ok to say "Merry Christmas" again.
But one of the most noteworthy exchanges during the event came from Nadia Murad, a human rights activist who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work in bringing attention to the plight of the Yazidi community in Iraq. Murad asked Trump for help in securing safety in the region for people like her who are unable to return home.
"But ISIS is gone?" Trump asked. "If I cannot go to my home and live in a safe place and get my dignity back, this is not about ISIS," Murad responded. "It's about I'm in danger. My people cannot go back." After she told Trump about her entire family being killed, Trump asked "Where are they now?" and said "I know the area very well." He then pivoted to her Nobel Prize, asking, "they gave it to you for what reason? Maybe you can explain."
Thousands of Yazidis have been killed by ISIS and thousands more were taken prisoner, like Murad, who asked Trump to press Iraqi and Kurdish officials to support survivors in returning to Iraq. Trump told Murad he is "going to look into it very strongly."
Watch the exchange below, via NBC News.
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Trump had no answer for the woman so he said "But ISIS is gone?"
He doesnt know how to talk to people.
After she told Trump about her entire family being killed, Trump asked "Where are they now?"
Uh...the ground?
That's when I would not have resisted calling him "moron" to his face.
You'd be removed from the room by his sycophant vanity protectors, with their noses all covered in brown, but it would be worth it.
Trump asked her what she did to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He's still dreaming of it.
I've no doubt Trump has already asked his suck ups if it was possible to buy and re-brand the Nobel Prize. He's probably is still confused as to why he can't just buy the Nobel Assembly or the Nobel Foundation and slap his gross name on them.
The President of the United States of America...
... formally receiving a Nobel Peace Prize winner in the Oval Office...
... ... and he does not know what she did...
Why they're staying in the Penthouse at Trump Towers, of course.
"Where are they now", what a dope!
So are you advocating to keep troops in Iraq forever to make sure the Iraqi Shai government, who is loyal to Iran, that we handed the country to when we removed Saddam- and then rescued from ISIS/ISIL can't do the same damn things that Saddam and ISIS/ISIL did? (Yes I know this is a run on sentence; but it shows just how stupid our foreign policy in Iraq has been over the last two administrations.)
And coax the Iraqi Kurds, that strongly want to break off from Iraq and form a Kurdistan with parts of Syria, Turkey, and Iran- to act as a buffer for this Iraqi minority between Iraq Sunni, Iraqi Shai government, and Iranian militias?
Because that is what she is asking for. For the US to keep troops there forever.
Or is this just another bash Trump article that has no real point?