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The Andrew Klavan Show

Ep. 317 - Donald of Arabia

The Andrew Klavan Show

The Andrew Klavan Show

Society & Culture

4.822.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Trump has an enormous job: cleaning up after Obama left one of the worst foreign policy messes in U.S. history. Plus Troll God Michael Knowles joins us to discuss graduation time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Slack.com slash DHQ. With President Trump visiting the Middle East, we

0:31.9

hear at the Andrew Klaven show thought it would be interesting to compare Trump's Middle

0:35.5

East trip with that of the last President, what's his name? Obama, right? Sorry, it's

0:42.3

hard to remember now that his legacy has been dumped like kitty litter into the deodorized

0:46.9

trash bag of history. So where was I? All right, comparing Trump's trip to President

0:51.9

Pajamas. When President Osama traveled to the Middle East in June of 2009, he bowed so

0:57.4

low to the rulers there, it looked as if he were engaging in some sort of submissive

1:01.6

sexual act. Journalists trying to explain away the president's faunting civility and

1:06.3

the presence of tyrants twisted themselves into complex positions that actually were

1:10.5

submissive sexual acts. So the entire visit looked something like a daisy chain on a

1:14.7

sadomasochistic point site. And not that I've ever been on as sadomasochistic point

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site. But I've heard about it. Conversely, at the start of Trump's trip, an image of

1:26.0

the president's several stories high was projected on the front of palaces where obscenely wealthy

1:31.5

oligarchs live in garish luxury. Trump then left Marlago and headed for Saudi Arabia. When

1:37.8

President Bahama gave his famous speech in Cairo, Egypt, he apologized for American

1:42.2

arrogance saying, quote, I am so, so sorry that we thoughtlessly built our World Trade

1:47.5

Center in the exact spot where devout Muslims were trying to fly their hijack jets. It

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