Leaders of Muslim communities based in the United States who supported Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in protest against President Joe Biden’s administration, Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and attacks on Lebanon are now deeply disappointed with the election of Trump for his cabinet.
“Trump won because of us, but we are not happy with the Secretary of State and others,” — Reuters reports the words of a Philadelphia investor. Rabiula Chowdhurywho led the electoral campaign against Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania.
Observers say Muslim support may have helped Trump win Michigan, a swing state, and also contributed to his victory in other states.
Trump announced this week that he has chosen a Republican senator. marcorubioa strong supporter of Israel, as secretary of state in his cabinet. Rubio previously stated that he refrains from calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and believes that Israel must destroy all elements of Hamas.
“These people are ferocious animals” – he said, referring specifically to Hamas.
Trump names next ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabeeformer governor of Arkansas and a staunch pro-Israel conservative who supports the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and has said a two-state solution in Palestine will not work. Trump also chose a representative and a Republican. Eliza Stefanikwho called the UN a cesspool of anti-Semitism, is the US ambassador to the United Nations.
Reginaldo Nazarco, executive director of the American Muslim Engagement and Empowerment Network (AMEEN), has already confirmed that Muslim voters expected Trump to pick cabinet politicians who would work for peace, but there is no sign of this.
“We are very disappointed” – said.
“This administration appears to be staffed exclusively by neoconservatives and extremely pro-Israel and warmongering people, which is a failure by President Trump to move in a pro-peace, anti-war direction.” – added Reginaldo Nazarco.
The AMEEN spokesperson also stated that the community will continue to exert pressure to make its voice heard about ending the war in the Gaza Strip.
Successively Hassan Abdel-SalamA former University of Minnesota professor and co-founder of the anti-Harris campaign, he said Trump’s personnel decisions were not surprising, but they were more drastic than he feared.
“It’s like a Zionist avalanche” – he added.
“We’ve always been extremely skeptical… We’re obviously still waiting to see where the administration goes, but it feels like our community has been misled.” – says the former teacher.
Reuters also recalled that some Muslim and Arab Trump supporters expressed hope that Richard GrenellTrump’s former acting director of national intelligence, will play a key role after spending months reaching out to the Muslim and Arab communities and even being proposed as a possible next secretary of state. Another key ally of Trump Massad BoulosTrump’s daughter Tiffany’s Lebanese father-in-law has met repeatedly with Arab-American and Muslim leaders. Both promised Arab American and Muslim voters that Trump is a candidate for peace who will act quickly to end wars in the Middle East and beyond.
Trump has repeatedly visited cities with large Muslim and Arab-American populations, including stops in Dearborn, a majority-Arab city where he said he loves Muslims, and Pittsburgh, where he called the Muslims for Trump movement wonderful.
“They want peace. “They want stability.” – Trump said then.
Mayor of neighboring Dearborn Heights Bill Buzziwho supported Trump’s campaign, said he has met with the president-elect three times and still believes he is working to end the war, despite members of his Cabinet. I agreed with him Rola McKeeLebanese-American, Michigan Republican Party official.
“I don’t think everyone is happy with every Trump appointment, but the main thing is the result. “I know Trump wants peace and people need to understand that the deaths of 50,000 Palestinians and 3,000 Lebanese occurred under Joe Biden’s administration, not Trump.” – Rola McKee clarified.
