Elliott Abrams: The Idea that Trump’s Bigoted Towards Islam Today Took a ‘Big Hit’

‘So I think he comes out looking better not only as presidential, but as reaching out to Muslim leaders from around the world’

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ABRAMS: "I think the President here is saying we all need to act more to protect ourselves against terrorism. It is a phenomenon that’s destroying the region. And I’m going to protect my country from it. But the idea that you can call him, you know, bigoted against Islam I think takes a big hit today. His first foreign trip he goes to Riyadh. You have all of these visuals of him meeting with Muslim leaders not only from that region but from around the world. So I think he comes out looking better not only as presidential, but as reaching out to Muslim leaders from around the world. I think he has helped himself a lot in pushing back against the idea that the origin of his position is some kind of prejudice.”

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