Ali Dawah - November 02, 2024MEHDI HASAN VS DONALD TRUMP IMAM
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Summary
In this episode, we talk about the recent endorsement of Donald Trump by an imam, and how it impacted the Muslim community and the world at large. We also talk about why we as Muslims stand with President Trump and why we support him.
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gave Trump a raving endorsement at his campaign rally in that swing state.
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We as Muslims stand with President Trump because he promises peace.
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He promised to end war in the Middle East and Ukraine.
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We support Donald J. Trump for his commitment to promoting family values.
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It was secondhand cringe for me, but anyway, what can we do? Here we go.
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If we talk about love, then we should talk about us.
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And if we're talking about us, we need to talk about growth.
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They talk about you, well, they should talk about both.
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We used to offer help, now we gossip and stare.
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Hate used to be rare, now you see it everywhere.
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Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, brothers and sisters and dear friends.
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So, we're going to be reacting to Mehdi Hassan questioning the imam that endorsed Trump.
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Okay, so let's go, inshallah, because I'll be honest with you, it was second-hand cringe for me, but...
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...gave Trump a raving endorsement at his campaign rally in that swing state.
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We as Muslims stand with President Trump because he promises peace.
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He promised to end war in the Middle East and Ukraine.
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We support Donald J. Trump for his commitment to promoting family values.
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We as Muslims support this man because we believe that he will be a president for all Americans, embracing every race, color, voice.
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Okay, so the first one is obviously the highlights of him and the...
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I've seen it come up on the feed, but I didn't get a chance to look at it.
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Anytime something happens, they use, like, a token brown guy, the token black guy.
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Okay, here is where he asked him the five points that Donald Trump promised.
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Things that we believe are critical for the future of our country, our community, and,
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President Trump did not just hear these points.
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He fully acknowledged and committed to each one of them.
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So what happened on stage, Mehdi, was really a public acknowledgement of this, I would
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Imam, because time is short, just briefly tell us what are the five points, just briefly
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I mean, I'm surprised that you did not see the video, and yet on X, you posted that this
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I don't know, based on what, you judged that all of...
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Me and my colleagues, all of these imams that endorsed Donald Trump, that this is madness.
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And also, you reposted some of the posts that were attacking us personally.
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Because, hold on, if you're going to bring up my post, that was about your speech, and
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we played your speech to the viewers before it began.
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In your endorsement speech for Donald Trump, you said that Trump, quote, promises peace,
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This is a man who, when he was president, gave Israel whatever it wanted.
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He legalised the illegal annexation of the Golan Heights.
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Since the genocide began in Gaza, he said he would let Israel, quote, finish the job.
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He's told Netanyahu, quote, do what you have to do.
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His son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has said that Israel should expel Palestinians into the desert.
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So I do believe it is madness to say that Donald Trump promises peace when he doesn't promise peace.
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I mean, these videos aren't even worth watching.
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Anytime something happens, like Keir Starmer did the same thing in his elections.
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He goes to the mosque, and there's some imam that's representing some corner of the community
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that comes out and wants to favour these people because they're having a conversation
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and they're overruled by them and wants to endorse them.
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Bottom line is we shouldn't be endorsing either of the two candidates.
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The left wing, right wing, they're both wings of the same bird.
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I mean, to me, it's like one of the signs of the hour is that people who will be in power
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A truthful person will not be believed and a liar will be believed.
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And another thing is that the Prophet ï·º said that a time will come where all nations will
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And it just shows how weak we've become that we would even believe someone like Trump,
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I think it's a very good lesson for us as well.
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Of course, we're supposed to, you know, love our leadership and respect them.
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However, it also goes to show that just because you're an imam, it doesn't mean that you're
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And it's very important that we're cautious with who we take knowledge from and not just
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because, oh, he's got a beard or found him in the mosque or she wears a hijab.
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Oh, you know, they say inshaAllah and mashallah.
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Therefore, you know, I can marry them or therefore I should follow them or therefore, you know,
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I should, you know, I can blindly just, you know, go behind what they're saying.
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If someone's passed away and, you know, their life is clearly in front of you, then of course,
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However, if someone is alive and, you know, you're not paying attention, most of your time
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is spent at work and you come and, you know, this is an example.
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I mean, but let's see, what was the third point now where he's kind of questioning him on?
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So, the five points are, number one, to end the war in the Middle East, especially in
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And because we as Muslims, I went as an imam and we approached him as an imam and we think
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that, you know, the religion of Islam is all about peace.
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I'm just going to hurry you along because we won't have time to do an interview.
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Number two is that he promised, or actually, we demanded that, you know, that he will protect,
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you know, the family values, especially when it comes to curriculums and school, which he
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made that clearly in his speeches and also in his meetings, you know, the meetings that
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And also, number three, that he will include Muslims, that he will be inclusive and he will
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Number four is that he will tackle, he will fight Islamophobia.
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And number five, I think, and number five, we mentioned things that we agree with the rest
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of the American people, you know, to have a strong economy and to have also strong borders.
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But let's just deal with the substance of the biggest one, the war.
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How can you say he's a peace candidate or believe he wants peace when he has not called
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He has not called for restrictions on arms sales.
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He says Netanyahu should be killing more people with less restrictions.
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Let's have a listen to what Trump says publicly, not what he promises you privately.
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Have a listen to what Donald Trump said the other day.
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He probably should be doing the opposite, actually.
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I'm glad that Bibi decided to do what he had to do.
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So, Trump is saying that after 42,000 deaths in Gaza, 16,000 kids killed, Biden has held
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Netanyahu back and he shouldn't have held him back, that he's encouraging Netanyahu not
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to listen to any restraining words from Biden, and that he's praising Netanyahu for what
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And this is the man you're endorsing as the peace candidate?
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Look, Mehdi, I haven't claimed that President Trump is a saint or impalable.
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That's why he said, and even in my endorsement, I said, we are, we as Muslims, you know, I was talking
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about my colleagues on stage and also those people who trust us and those people that
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we represent, which are many, by the way, and we said that we are with him because he
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And today, by the way, he posted that he, you know, he will work, you know, when it comes
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With respect, Imam, with respect, Imam, you keep saying he promised this.
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This is Donald Trump, a man who's lied for nine years.
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He told coal miners he would save the coal mines.
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He told people at the border he would build a wall in Mexico and Mexico would pay for it.
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So, I'm just wondering, are you being conned, Imam?
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You don't have to vote for the Democrats either.
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Your stance and your position, your stance and your position now from Donald Trump is
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I mean, like, I just see him just kind of stuttering and like, it's like he knows he should
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But I think, factually, Mehdi seems more on point with this, that you're taking the word
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of somebody who for nine years has been lying, doesn't have a good track record.
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Look at the sort of stuff that he's saying and uttering.
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So, just because he's made you a few promises, says he's going to do this.
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When he clearly doesn't have a track record, are you being conned?
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He's like, yeah, like, he genuinely feels like Trump talking seriously.
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Like, do you think Trump is going to come and listen to him?
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And, you know, can you imagine just Trump in his tone?
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You've got to make Palestine great again, you know?
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Yeah, you guys, you mosques will again, you know?
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This is what Rudy Giuliani, Trump's very good friend and lawyer, said the day after.
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And the Palestinians are taught to kill us at two years old.
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So the day after you endorsed him, at his own rally, one of his closest allies is making
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This was the most cringiest clip that's come out in recent times.
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Two-year-olds can barely string a sentence together.
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How are they going to decide who they like or hate?
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They even hate their own parents who don't give them their chocolate milk.
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You're saying that they're hating Israel or they're hating Jews and this.
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The people that do not like Islam, the ilim to Islam.
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Like, two days later after this thing, one of Trump's guys saying this.
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But I'm genuinely like, have we become so inferior that we are going to people like Trump?
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A second-hand embarrassment to even be sitting there.
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And the most funny thing is that you actually believe Trump is going to do that.
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But here's a couple of other clips, inshallah, and we're going to end on it.
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You already, you've done a damage on me and also on my colleagues, the imams,
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and those who support us when you said this is madness.
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And you reposted people that attacked us personally.
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And now, and to be honest with you, I'm shocked.
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I'm shocked that you did not even see why did we endorse him.
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He made you promises, and I'm questioning why you believe him.
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How are you blaming Mahdi Hassan and saying, oh, yeah, this is...
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Because you're saying you retweeted those points.
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Okay, it's like me getting caught doing something that doesn't benefit the ummah.
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I think you said one of the points was to fight Islamophobia.
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Donald Trump is the most Islamophobic politician I've ever come across in my life.
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He incited hatred against Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the only two Muslim women in Congress.
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They have to have 24-7 bodyguards because of what Donald Trump said about them.
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One option is listening to us, is giving us, is lending, you know, extending his hand to us,
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and he's listening to our concerns and also our aspirations.
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But that doesn't mean that he's listening to you.
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Why do you not think he's just exploding you for votes?
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You're not being a little naive with the greatest respect?
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Politics is all about interest, all about common interest.
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He's not going to stop being an Islamophobe because you vote for him, I can assure you.
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Al-Moghaib, what's that got to do with the unseen?
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You know, there's seven things you observe, bro.
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It's not, you don't need to be a smart ass, like, you know, oh, you know what?
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When he was in office, he didn't just support the oppression of the Palestinians.
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He supported the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which I believe is a country you're from.
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He oversaw its deadliest, most violent, it started under Obama, but he oversaw its deadliest,
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Tens of thousands of innocent Yemenis were killed.
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A school bus in Yemen famously was blown up, 40 children killed by a US-made bomb.
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Less than a year later, Congress tried to stop the war.
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He gave Saudi Arabia and MBS more weapons to kill Yemenis with.
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How do you vote for someone who has so much Yemeni blood on his hands?
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The fact that he goes, like, you know, the unseen, you don't know, but he's basically
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saying there's a hope that because he's sat with us, Aki, as human beings, this is what
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happens when inferiority complex hits you, yeah?
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Like, same with Donald Trump, because you get this bus, oh my gosh, he's the president
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He's there and just saying, oh yeah, he's got, brother.
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And the guy holding up the peace sign, he cares.
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And the thing is, oh yeah, it's like we sat with him and he, yeah, Aki, what are you talking
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Wallahi, wallahi, my brain, I'm just genuinely thinking, this is comedy, this is comedy.
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I genuinely thought when the first thing happened, it's like some just random guy, he's not even
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a Muslim, it's just a random guy, he's an actual Imam.
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I mean, I don't want to fall on the back by it, I'm just saying, this is unbelievable.
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He could be the guy who changes Donald Trump and you don't even realise it.
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He goes, how do you know that he's, after he's spoken to us, he's going to be okay with
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And Mehdi Hassan rightly so just explained to you, he's the one who was funding the MBS
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But yes, brothers and sisters, I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as we did.