Arab Americans in Michigan are reacting more cautiously to President Donald Trump’s remarks on the Israel-Hamas war than they did to Democratic candidates during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Summary

The largest Arab American community in the U.S. had plenty to say during the 2024 presidential campaign about Middle East politics, but many are now reacting cautiously to Trump’s plan to relocate Palestinians and have the U.S. oversee Gaza’s redevelopment.

While leaders like Rep. Rashida Tlaib condemned the proposal, others are waiting to assess its impact.

Some Arab American supporters are distancing themselves, while others see it as a negotiating tactic.

Meanwhile, Trump’s administration has softened his remarks amid widespread criticism.

      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
        54·
        8 hours ago

        Yeah, the thing the shitlibs don’t get is their stupid fucking betrayal of every principle they claim to have didn’t even fucking work.

    • Limonene@lemmy.world
      55·
      9 hours ago

      Why would you blame them over people who voted for Trump?

      There just weren’t that many of them. I would guess less than a million, compared to 77 million who voted for catastrophe.

      • Doomsider@lemmy.world
        21·
        5 hours ago

        Because they are dishonest deceivers. It is like blaming the guy running against the man that raped you for the rape. Then doubling down blaming the guy who did not rape you after you are raped a second time.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1315·
      11 hours ago

      You mean the guy who enabled a genocide for a year then cordially passed the torch to trump?

      How’s believing in that dude working out for you?

      • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        128·
        11 hours ago

        Was working just fine, actually. We had constitutional protections at home, and Palestinians still at least had a homeland. Now we’ve got neither.