Headline of the year: 'He voted for Trump. Then [INSERT CATASTROPHE]'
In any honest-to-goodness story about Trump voter disillusionment, there’s a key quote from the disaffected party — a confession to having been jilted. A March NPR story carries perhaps the most gobsmacking version; it explains how Arab Trump supporters in Michigan reacted to President Donald Trump’s approach to the Gaza conflict, particularly a video projecting a gilded “Trump Gaza” development and featuring Trump and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu sunbathing with drinks in hand.
“He didn’t say anything like that before,” NPR quotes Ibrahim Duhaini. “When he came to Dearborn, to the community, he said that he would strive for peace and justice for the whole region.”
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