Yesterday’s speech by President Trump in Saudi Arabia apparently troubled David Axelrod, who responded with this memory of then-President Obama’s Cairo speech:
I sat in a gilded hall at Cairo University eight years ago and heard a president courageously stand up to extremism and FOR human rights.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 21, 2017
Oddly enough, not everybody remembers Obama’s speech that way, or its aftermath for that matter:
Sounds great. President of what country? https://t.co/wiDYMc98YO
— Captain Sanity (@ConservAgent1) May 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/866348157306908673
Reality checks incoming:
Rewrites history. Obama's Cairo speech didn't mention Islamic terrorism, gov't brutality or
corruption. See: https://t.co/2K8kHciGYO https://t.co/pRk4HZp0AE— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) May 21, 2017
In Cairo, Obama defended the imposition of the hijab, said not a word about stoning women for the adultery of men, or killing gays. https://t.co/pRk4HZp0AE
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) May 21, 2017
Followed by engineering Iraq chaos enabling the rise of ISIS & allowing Iran to get nukes #RiyadhSummit2017 https://t.co/SjzxtWD2Ev
— Tom Borelli (@tomborelli) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/GlomarResponder/status/866420549328793601
The same President then let Mubarak be replaced by Muslim Brotherhood…
An utter strategic disaster threatening security of the Suez Canal https://t.co/55yP18P1Cl— Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/866354543730229252
The result of that mush mouth speech by then President Obama was MORE TERROR. Thanks for reminding us David. https://t.co/tmk8xzgUrC
— Stacy Washington (@StacyOnTheRight) May 21, 2017
Really? I heard a Muslim appeaser denigrate America and apologize for it's existence. https://t.co/oDH03xUUBO
— TugboatPhil (@tugboatphil) May 21, 2017
So then why did Obama invite members of the parliamentary block of terrorist MuslimBrotherhood orgz for that speech? https://t.co/GxG2Yk1st6 https://t.co/vOe5NDdgc7
— Nick Short ?? (@PoliticalShort) May 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/866313751720595457
You don't mean president impotent-red-lines do you!? ????? https://t.co/cLcwRocKN5
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) May 21, 2017
Obama ignored the Green Revolution in Iran at the beginning of his presidency, and he gave the hardliners The Bomb at the end of it. https://t.co/8JAjWse0PV
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) May 22, 2017
You should get out of your gilded cage once in a while. The rest of the ME saw a weak and feckless POTUS for the first time since Carter. https://t.co/G7hJBl7RMm
— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) May 21, 2017