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Polybius

(21,394 posts)
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 03:09 AM Mar 2025

Watch: Trump hosts annual Ramadan dinner at White House

Source: The Hill

President Trump hosted the annual Iftar dinner, a feast of breaking bread common for Muslims during the month of Ramadan, at the White House Thursday evening.

The dinner came as war rages in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas after a fragile ceasefire, brokered by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt, was halted in Gaza as Israel pushes the Palestinian militant group to release hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on its southern border.

The White House is also under pressure after a Signal group chat with top Trump administration officials about recent strikes in Yemen inadvertently included a prominent journalist. The breach has prompted concerns about national security and whether the information was classified.

The dinner was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. EDT.

Read more: https://thehill.com/video-clips/5217808-watch-live-donald-trump-ramadan-dinner-white-house/



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Watch: Trump hosts annual Ramadan dinner at White House (Original Post) Polybius Mar 2025 OP
What was on the menu? I'd bet something inappropriate was served. EYESORE 9001 Mar 2025 #1
Plus one for "excretive order"! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #3
Le mot juste, n'est-ce pas? EYESORE 9001 Mar 2025 #5
Bien sur. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #6
Probably pork Polybius Mar 2025 #12
Hence the McRib reference EYESORE 9001 Mar 2025 #13
Haha Polybius Mar 2025 #14
The McRib is pork adjacent. Hugin Mar 2025 #15
Just who is the purveyor of this pork-like product? EYESORE 9001 Mar 2025 #16
Is porkish a word? Hugin Mar 2025 #17
Our "Muslim loving" president Canada Kid Mar 2025 #2
Was ICE waiting for the participants as they left? Vinca Mar 2025 #4
Religion. twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #7
Now this is funny. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #8
Well, they did help get him elected. Aristus Mar 2025 #9
What a travesty. mwb970 Mar 2025 #10
Did he serve Ramadan noodles? Historic NY Mar 2025 #11

EYESORE 9001

(29,422 posts)
1. What was on the menu? I'd bet something inappropriate was served.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 03:56 AM
Mar 2025

Going on past precedent, I’m guessing a local McD was commanded by excretive order to procure some quantity of McRib patties from a frozen food facility. Only half-kidding.

EYESORE 9001

(29,422 posts)
5. Le mot juste, n'est-ce pas?
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 07:35 AM
Mar 2025

Gotta practice my French, yunno. Never know when it’ll come in handy.

EYESORE 9001

(29,422 posts)
16. Just who is the purveyor of this pork-like product?
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 11:36 AM
Mar 2025

On second thought, I really don’t wanna know

 

Canada Kid

(257 posts)
2. Our "Muslim loving" president
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 06:18 AM
Mar 2025

The fact that he has the balls to stand there in the room after having insulted Muslims in the past is incredible. More incredible are the Muslims who stand in the room in lieu of this man's vitriolic history towards Muslims is even worse. More incredible are all the Muslims who voted for him in the first place!

 

AmericaUnderSiege

(777 posts)
8. Now this is funny.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 08:36 AM
Mar 2025

This is like those diplomatic events Hitler had where he had to make polite small-talk with African leaders. You just wish there was video of him so you could watch him squirming.

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