Trump Got Elected Bashing Sharia Law. Now He’s in Bed With Its Lethal Champion.
Christopher Dickey
10.19.18 4:43 AM ET
OPINION
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast
PARIS—When will Donald Trump bring Sharia law to America? Of course the immediate answer is “never.” He campaigned against Muslims. He campaigned against Sharia! But in light of recent events, one has to say, as Trump would say, “Who knows?”
What’s certain is that the president’s reactions to the alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and his administration’s fawning relationship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, should provoke questions —especially among Trump’s core supporters—about just how subservient the United States has become to a regime notorious for exporting its radical terrorist-inspiring vision of Islam and Islamic law around the world.
After all, if the Saudis can get away with a murder as sordid as the alleged torture and dismemberment of U.S. resident and Washington Post columnist Khashoggi
Trump Got Elected Bashing Sharia Law. Now He’s in Bed With Its Lethal Champion.
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