President-Elect Trump: ‘It Is Time for America to Bind the Wounds of
Arab and Muslim Americans voted heavily for Hillary Clinton.
Trump will be sworn in as president on January 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C. We gathered up several reactions from the comedy world on Trump winning the presidency.
There was also concern that tough anti-Islamic policies under Trump could fan Muslim extremism globally at a time when the world is struggling with a growing threat of militancy. This year, she made it past the primary but lost to Trump in an upset. “@HillaryClinton”, wrote American Crime Story’s Sarah Paulson as she posted a photo of her holding on to a Clinton doll. Overall, he took 70 percent of the Muslim vote.
Donald Trump isn’t using his billions to pick up the booze tab at his election-night party – and Hillary Clinton isn’t shelling out for drinks either. “This does not mean that we are facing an American fascism”.
Trump’s supporters met the news with joy and celebration. They feel their civil rights are under attack.
“We can push back through lawsuits”.
Whoever wins at least 270 out of a total of 538 electoral college votes will become the 45th president of the U.S. With about 40 million people having already cast their ballots in early voting, most media polls have shown Clinton holding slim leads, some within margins of error, over Trump.
President Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt wished Trump the best in his new position and invited him to visit Egypt at the earlier opportunity. “We need you on that wall, we want you on it!” “We will survive this”. Happy for you & your family who worked so hard.
“I congratulate the American people with their will and with their democracy and with their strength and with their courage”, he told The Associated Press. We will also finally take care of our great veterans who have been so loyal, and I’ve gotten to know so many over this 18-month journey. “We will all come together as never before”.
Russian Federation featured heavily in a heated campaign period, with Trump praising Putin as a firm leader as U.S. officials accused Moscow of meddling by leaking hacked Democratic emails to undermine Hillary Clinton’s campaign. “And they’re talking about it all over the world”, he said at a rally in Miami last week during the race’s furious final stretch. “I pledge to every citizen that I will be the President for all Americans”.
Noor described Trump’s popularity as unsettling.
“What Trump said about the immigration policy, saying that he would deport (immigrants)”. At the time, they accused him of running a “campaign of sexism, xenophobia, racism, violence and hate”.
Great brothers, sisters, great, unbelievable parents.
Barakat said he hopes the popular support for Trump is not driven by his nativist and anti-Muslim views.
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said the United States election result was a “huge shock” in comments on German ARD TV.
“It’s a chance for most people to step up against that rhetoric”, he said.
“I woke up today and I finally felt it”.
“We hope that Trump’s remarks against Muslims were only to boost his campaign and he will realise that Muslims are a large population in the United States”, said Tahir Ashrafi, a senior Pakistani government cleric.
Fear and shock were expressed by American Muslims after Republican Donald Trump was confirmed as President of the USA after months of taking anti-Islamic stands.
Together, those factors drove a yearning to return to a simpler time when America was the world’s undisputed superpower and middle-class wages were on the rise.
“Regardless of who won or lost yesterday’s election, American Muslims are here to stay”, CAIR national executive director Nihad Awad said in a statement on Wednesday. “Mexico is going to try to kick our asses and we’re going to try to kick theirs. If they’re disgusting policies we’re going to challenge him on it”.
Other celebrities who’ve said they would move to Canada if Trump wins: Canadian Neve Campbell, Ne-Yo, George Lopez, Keegan-Michael Key, Larry Flynt, Chloë Sevigny and Raven-Symoné.
Twitter, Facebook and chatrooms in instant messaging apps are buzzing with speculation about whether Trump would follow through on campaign rhetoric that included a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. Which will become second to none and we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it. “He underlined that South Africa further looked forward to working closely with the new administration in the United States in promoting peace, security and prosperity around the world, especially on the African continent”. “He needs to make sure that this is a country for everybody and not exclude certain communities”.