Donald Trump greets Egyptian-American freed from Egyptian detention

[letsrewindit]

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - President Donald Trump on Friday (April 21) welcomed back to the United States Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker whose release from jail in Egypt was sought by Trump when he met Egypt's president early this month.

 

Trump and his aides had engaged in behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts to gain her freedom after attempts by the previous Obama administration failed.

 

She was released from jail on Tuesday after nearly three years of detention on human trafficking charges. Aides said Trump had personally requested her release in a meeting April 3 with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but had done so privately and made no public mention of her case.

 

 

Hijazi, 30, sat next to Trump in the Oval Office for a meeting that also included Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, her husband, Jared Kushner, and Dina Powell, the top White House aide who accompanied her home on a US military jet on Thursday.

 

Ivanka Trump and Kushner are top advisers to the President.

 

"We are very happy to have Aya back home and it's a great honour to have her in the Oval Office, with her brother," Trump said, declining to answer questions about her case.

 

Hijazi was accompanied by her brother, Basel.

 

Hijazi, an Egyptian who holds US citizenship, was acquitted by a Cairo court on Sunday along with seven others who had worked with street children.

 

Hijazi, 30, was flown to Joint Base Andrews, the US military airfield near Washington. She founded Belady, a non-governmental organisation that promotes a better life for street children.

 

She had been in custody for 33 months in violation of Egyptian law, which states that the maximum period for pretrial detention is 24 months.

 

US officials had raised Hijazi's case with Egypt soon after Trump took office on Jan 20, aides said.

 

Pressed on how Trump managed to gain her release when President Barack Obama had not, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said he would leave it to others "to look at the different strategies to see why the President was successful" and Obama was not.

 

Critics had accused the Obama administration of indifference to her case.

 

Since toppling President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013, Sisi's government has cracked down on the opposition, killing hundreds of Brotherhood supporters and jailing thousands. The net has widened to include liberal and secular activists.

 

Two Republican US senators, John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, called on the Egyptian government to take more steps to improve human rights.

 

"We urge the Government of Egypt to build on this important first step by releasing all those who have been wrongly imprisoned, upholding its international human rights obligations, and respecting the Egyptian people's right to freedom of expression and rule of law," they said in a statement.

[Neoui Oppa]

Trump does something good for once

No comments

Smh

[letsrewindit]

Trump does something good for once

No comments

Smh

Shhh... trump and his administration is supposed to hate anybody who is non white. Not save them from being prisoned

[Frogurt]

Trump does something good for once

No comments

Smh

 

So he deserves praise when he does something good just because everyone's expectations are so low due to how terrible a president he is?   Does he want a cookie too?

[letsrewindit]

So he deserves praise when he does something good just because everyone's expectations are so low due to how terrible a president he is? Does he want a cookie too?

If this thread is bashing trump, users like you will come out swimming in a blink. This forum used to be a nice mix of international news until you and some users who keep spamming with your endless trump news threads followed by a circlejerk of the same users replying with the same thing. Like really, do we need a monthly update of his approval polls?

[Frogurt]

If this thread is bashing trump, users like you will come out swimming in a blink. This forum used to be a nice mix of international news until you and some users who keep spamming with your endless trump news threads followed by a circlejerk of the same users replying with the same thing. Like really, do we need a monthly update of his approval polls?

 

And you counter this by posting even more Trump stuff? If nobody replies to my topics then I let them die. It's not my problem if you're annoyed by Trump news. He's kind of a big (bad) deal.

[letsrewindit]

And you counter this by posting even more Trump stuff? If nobody replies to my topics then I let them die. It's not my problem if you're annoyed by Trump news. He's kind of a big (bad) deal.

 

I counter this by posting more POSITIVE trump stuff.bcos i know anything postitive about trump triggers ppl like you. 

and typical american mentality, thinking the world revolve arounds you.  

[Neoui Oppa]

So he deserves praise when he does something good just because everyone's expectations are so low due to how terrible a president he is?   Does he want a cookie too?

 

No, I can think of many things Donald Trump has done that has been berated compared to much worse things done by Obama that no one ever spoke of. Obama bombed the Middle East every day for a year (or more) straight. Trump drops a MOAB on a fucking terrorist group and you hear pans and screaming and riots outside your door a minute afterwards.

[Frogurt]

I counter this by posting more POSITIVE trump stuff.bcos i know anything postitive about trump triggers ppl like you.

and typical american mentality, thinking the world revolve arounds you.

 

Lol, ok. So you're openly facilitating your own problem? And I'm not going to stop, by the way. I don't just post about America, and it's not my fault if people choose not to participate here. I'm not going to be quiet about things I care about just because people like you are tired of seeing it. Make your own stuff then.

[Frogurt]

No, I can think of many things Donald Trump has done that has been berated compared to much worse things done by Obama that no one ever spoke of. Obama bombed the Middle East every day for a year (or more) straight. Trump drops a MOAB on a fucking terrorist group and you hear pans and screaming and riots outside your door a minute afterwards.

...Aaand we have our first mandatory deflection.

[letsrewindit]

Lol, ok. So you're openly facilitating your own problem? And I'm not going to stop, by the way. I don't just post about America, and it's not my fault if people choose not to participate here. I'm not going to be quiet about things I care about just because people like you are tired of seeing it. Make your own stuff then.

 

 i hope trump stays as the POTUS for a long time  i enjoy seeing ppl like you getting triggered by everything and anything about him     once in a while, i might feel generous and post something positive about him

[Frogurt]

 i hope trump stays as the POTUS for a long time  i enjoy seeing ppl like you getting triggered by everything and anything about him     once in a while, i might feel generous and post something positive about him

 

So you enjoy me now? I thought I was ruining everything? If you're so pleased then I guess I should just post even more!

 

[letsrewindit]

So you enjoy me now? I thought I was ruining everything? If you're so pleased then I guess I should just post even more!

 

 

yea, you should, Protesting trump in a kpop forum would gett him impeached! YAYYYYY!  lazy activism at its finest

[Frogurt]

yea, you should, Protesting trump in a kpop forum would gett him impeached! YAYYYYY!  lazy activism at its finest

 

...I'm the one sounding triggered here?

[thefacts]

No, I can think of many things Donald Trump has done that has been berated compared to much worse things done by Obama that no one ever spoke of. Obama bombed the Middle East every day for a year (or more) straight. Trump drops a MOAB on a fucking terrorist group and you hear pans and screaming and riots outside your door a minute afterwards.

Pretty sure that Trump is currently bombing the Middle East and some parts of Africa right now. Every day. This is not a good defense.

[Frogurt]

Pretty sure that Trump is currently bombing the Middle East and some parts of Africa right now. Every day. This is not a good defense.

 

They think we never criticized Obama either, so "B-b-but Obama...!" is all they can come up with. 

[letsrewindit]

...I'm the one sounding triggered here?

just giving u an alternative view on how silly you sound when you say you are not going to be quiet about things you care about when all you do is post on a kpop forum. 

[Neoui Oppa]

Pretty sure that Trump is currently bombing the Middle East and some parts of Africa right now. Every day. This is not a good defense.

Trump has always been anti war in the middle East. And he hasn't bombed it, not until the chemical attack.

[thefacts]

Trump has always been anti war in the middle East. And he hasn't bombed it, not until the chemical attack.

Actions speaks louder than words. What about Yemen, Somalia​, Afghanstian, or Iraq? Stop being so delusional.

[Neoui Oppa]

Actions speaks louder than words. What about Yemen, Somalia​, Afghanstian, or Iraq? Stop being so delusional.

I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make? Do you want him to magically stop war? That's nonsense.

[thefacts]

I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make? Do you want him to magically stop war? That's nonsense.

You are really stupid. Go read and research about what Trump and his administration are currently doing in those countries.

[Neoui Oppa]

You are really stupid. Go read and research about what Trump and his administration are currently doing in those countries.

Can't be worse than 8 years of bombing by Obama. Bye.

[thefacts]

Can't be worse than 8 years of bombing by Obama. Bye.

This comment is hilarious. Don't hold your breath. It will be way worse than Obama. Trump and his administration is the true definition of a failure and incompetent.