Transcript [00:00] Every time a terrorist murders an [00:02] innocent person and falsely invokes the [00:04] name of God, it should be an insult to [00:08] every person of faith. Terrorists do not [00:11] worship God. They worship death. If we [00:14] do not act against this organized [00:16] terror, then we know what will happen [00:19] and what will be the end result. So, [00:22] back in May of 2017, President Trump [00:25] spoke at a meeting in Saudi Arabia. It [00:27] was actually his first foreign trip as [00:30] president of the United States in his [00:32] first term. And he went to Saudi Arabia [00:34] and he spoke to a summit meeting, a [00:36] gathering of over 50 Islamic nations. It [00:39] was a meeting called the Arab Islamic [00:42] American Summit and it took place in [00:44] Saudi Arabia. [00:46] And he gave a remarkable speech there. I [00:48] want to play you an excerpt from the [00:50] speech where he really puts in front of [00:53] the Muslim world, in front of the Arab [00:54] world, the choice that they have to make [00:57] about whether they want to be part of [01:00] the peace and prosperity of the peaceful [01:03] family of nations in the world or they [01:05] want to continue to embrace and support [01:08] terrorism. And he starts out this he [01:09] starts out this part of the speech [01:11] talking about how young the population [01:14] in the Middle East actually is. But, [01:16] it's an amazing clip and I want to talk [01:18] about it for a few minutes after we [01:19] watch it. So, have a look. [01:22] 65% [01:24] of its population is under the age of [01:27] 30. [01:28] Like all young men and women, they seek [01:31] great futures to build, great national [01:34] projects to join, and a place for their [01:37] families to call home. [01:40] But, this untapped potential, [01:43] this tremendous cause of optimism, [01:46] is held at bay by bloodshed and terror. [01:52] There can be no coexistence [01:55] with this violence. [01:57] There can be no tolerating it, no [02:00] accepting it, no excusing it, and no [02:03] ignoring it. [02:05] Every time a terrorist murders an [02:07] innocent person and falsely invokes the [02:10] name of God, [02:12] it should be an insult to every person [02:15] of faith. [02:17] Terrorists do not worship God. [02:20] They worship death. [02:22] If we do not act against this organized [02:25] terror, [02:26] then we know [02:28] what will happen and what will be the [02:31] end result. [02:33] Terrorism's devastation of life [02:36] will continue to spread, [02:38] peaceful societies will become engulfed [02:41] by violence, [02:43] and the futures of many generations will [02:47] be sadly squandered [02:49] if we do not stand in uniform [02:51] condemnation of this killing. [02:54] Then, not only will we be judged by our [02:56] people, not only will we be judged by [03:00] history, [03:01] but we will be judged by God. [03:06] This is not a battle between different [03:08] faiths, [03:09] different sects, or different [03:12] civilizations. This is a battle [03:16] between barbaric criminals who seek to [03:19] obliterate human life and decent people [03:23] all in the name of religion. [03:27] People that want to protect life and [03:31] want to protect their religion. [03:34] This is a battle between good and evil. [03:38] When we see the scenes of destruction in [03:42] the wake of terror, we see no signs that [03:45] those murdered were Jewish or Christian, [03:49] Shia [03:50] or Sunni. [03:52] When we look upon the strains of [03:54] innocent blood soaked into the ancient [03:56] ground, [03:58] we cannot see the faith or sect [04:01] or tribe of the victims. We see only [04:04] that they were children of God whose [04:07] deaths are an insult to all [04:11] that is holy. [04:13] But, we can only overcome this evil [04:16] if the forces of good are united and [04:19] strong, and if everyone in this room [04:22] does their fair share and fulfills their [04:25] part of the burden. [04:27] Terrorism has spread all across the [04:30] world, but the path to peace begins [04:33] right here on this ancient soil [04:36] in this sacred land. [04:39] America is prepared to stand with you in [04:42] pursuit of shared interests and common [04:45] security. [04:46] But, the nations of the Middle East [04:48] cannot wait for American power to crush [04:50] this enemy for them. [04:52] The nations of the Middle East will have [04:54] to decide what kind of future they want [04:57] for themselves, for their country, [05:00] and frankly, for their families and for [05:03] their children. [05:05] It's a choice between two futures, and [05:08] it is a choice America cannot make for [05:12] you. [05:13] A better future is only possible if your [05:16] nations drive out the terrorists and [05:20] drive out the extremists. Drive them [05:24] out. [05:25] Drive them out [05:28] of your places of worship. Drive them [05:31] out [05:32] of your communities. Drive them out of [05:35] your holy land. [05:37] And drive them out of this earth. [05:40] There you go. Drive them out. So, [05:43] there's President Trump. Again, this is [05:44] 2017. It's almost nine years ago telling [05:47] the Muslim world, "Hey, it's time to [05:50] make a civilizational decision. Which [05:52] side are you on and do you want to have [05:55] a better, more peaceful future with the [05:56] rest of the world or do you want to [05:57] embrace all of this Islamism and this [06:00] terrorism?" [06:01] And I think the best, most powerful part [06:03] of the speech is where he says, "Listen, [06:05] this is not a choice that America can [06:08] make for you. You need to make a choice [06:11] yourself about what what direction you [06:13] want to go in." [06:14] And we've seen that since that time, in [06:17] during Trump's first term, we had the [06:19] Abraham Accords where the United Arab [06:21] Emirates and Morocco and Bahrain [06:25] um and uh Sudan got involved were [06:28] signing agreements, normalization [06:30] agreements with Israel that have [06:31] sustained themselves even through the [06:34] war that Israel has fought. Countries [06:36] that have that have outlawed the Muslim [06:38] Brotherhood and that have really been [06:40] pushing back against the terrorism. And [06:43] then you see other countries like Turkey [06:45] and Qatar who continue to fund the [06:48] terrorism, they continue to back it, [06:50] they back countries that [06:53] you know, that are engaging in the [06:54] terrorist activity. And look, let's be [06:57] very frank here. The real reason I [06:59] wanted to show you this video [07:01] is because we have a problem right now [07:03] in the current Trump administration for [07:06] and let me say, President Trump has been [07:08] the best president for Israel ever. [07:11] However, there is a blind spot. It's a [07:13] very serious blind spot and that is this [07:17] kind of wishful thinking, looking at [07:18] countries like Qatar and Turkey [07:21] as allies, looking at them as moderates, [07:24] believing that they are not supporting [07:26] terrorism because Turkey's a NATO ally [07:29] and they're kind of friendly to America [07:31] and they have a history of being a a [07:33] more Western style democracy before [07:35] Erdogan, and Qatar puts a lot of money [07:37] into its image and hosts Formula 1 races [07:41] and hosts, you know, [07:43] uh you know, the World Cup and and has a [07:45] nice airline and and at the same time [07:48] they fund all this anti-American and [07:51] anti-Jewish hate all over the world [07:53] pouring in billions of dollars into [07:54] American college campuses. So, when [07:57] America [07:58] in its approach to the Middle East sees [08:00] Qatar and Turkey as moderates who could [08:03] hold back or fight against the [08:05] terrorists, they're fooling themselves [08:07] and that's why we see like what's [08:08] happening in Syria right now [08:11] where this this former Al-Qaeda ISIS [08:14] guy, Al-Shara, who's now the nominal [08:16] president of Syria. I don't know why [08:18] anyone calls him that. He's not the [08:20] lawful He wasn't elected by anyone. He [08:22] was just the first terrorist into the [08:23] palace after the Assad regime fell. So, [08:26] because he crossed the finish line [08:27] first, I guess he gets to be called the [08:29] leader. But, America is propping him up [08:31] because Turkey is propping him up. And [08:34] the minorities in Syria like the [08:36] Alawites and the Christians, the [08:38] Maronite Christians, and the Druze, and [08:39] the Kurds are all not having any of it [08:42] and they don't want to submit to this [08:44] Jihadist regime. Here you have the [08:46] Americans [08:48] kind of hoping or wanting to believe [08:51] that these Jihadist terrorists can be [08:55] incentivized with economic incentives [08:58] and and and the like to not be Jihadists [09:03] anymore and that just never works. That [09:04] is a mistake that Westerners have been [09:06] making in the Middle East for a long, [09:07] long time believing that economic [09:09] incentives [09:11] uh and worldly incentives like that that [09:13] would work on Westerners would work on [09:16] the ideologues in the Middle East. [09:17] Here's an interesting data point that [09:19] makes that point really powerfully. [09:21] There's been polling done of the [09:23] Palestinians, the Arabs in Gaza and in [09:26] Judea and Samaria, what's known as the [09:27] West Bank. And they and I'm talking [09:30] polling done by Palestinian polling [09:32] agency, very reliable, and they've been [09:34] doing uh polling [09:36] from the beginning of the October 7th [09:38] war every couple of months. And one of [09:39] the questions that they have been asking [09:42] in the last few polls, asking the [09:44] population of Gaza, they asked them, [09:47] "Are you in favor of ending the war [09:51] by Hamas laying down its weapons?" [09:53] Meaning, the question is, "Are you in [09:54] favor of Hamas laying down its weapons, [09:57] disarming, if it will mean that there's [09:58] no more war with Israel. Very simple [10:01] question. [10:02] Right? Do you want the war to end and [10:04] have Hamas lay down its weapons? Because [10:05] we're always told that oh, the people of [10:07] Gaza just want a better life for [10:09] themselves. They don't really want [10:10] Hamas. [10:11] They don't really want you know, they [10:13] they of course are suffering and they're [10:15] and they're being displaced and their [10:16] homes are being destroyed and they're [10:18] living in terrible conditions. You'd [10:20] think the answer would be obvious. You [10:21] think it would be like 100% of them [10:23] would say of course we want Hamas to lay [10:24] down their weapons and end the war. [10:26] Well, lo and behold, more than 70% of [10:29] the population of Gaza said no, they do [10:31] not want Hamas to lay down their weapons [10:33] even if it means the end of the war. You [10:35] see, and that's and that's [10:36] incomprehensible to Westerners, but what [10:38] it's really coming from is this problem. [10:41] This problem that ideology, this [10:43] jihadist ideology runs so deep in this [10:45] part of the world that it's actually [10:46] more important to these people than [10:49] their own economic well-being. So, [10:51] President Trump is very well-meaning and [10:53] I love the way he was very forceful in [10:55] that speech just basically saying drive [10:56] them out. You have to make a decision. [10:58] Do you want to be part of the family of [10:59] peaceful nations? If you do, you have to [11:02] drop all this jihadist stuff. You have [11:04] to you have to root it out of your [11:05] societies. [11:06] I can't say that the Muslim world [11:09] on a whole or even majority has done [11:12] this. They haven't made the right choice [11:14] for the most part since that speech [11:16] President Trump gave. [11:18] But it's so important for Western [11:20] leaders to not be fooled into thinking [11:22] that countries in the Middle East that [11:25] act like moderates are actually [11:27] moderates. You got to take a look at [11:28] their actual behavior and look at what [11:30] they say to their own populations in [11:31] Arabic. So again, for all the moral [11:33] clarity President Trump showed, I'm [11:35] hoping that his administration gets some [11:37] clarity, some real moral clarity about [11:40] the Turks and the Qataris who are [11:42] actually fomenting chaos and supporting [11:45] Islamic terrorism all over the world, [11:46] not fighting against it.
