An Oct. 9 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows former President Donald Trump speaking to a crowd of supporters at a rally.
“Israel has hypnotized the world,” Trump says in the clip. “May Allah awaken the people and help them to see the evil doings of Israel and the United States.”
It was shared more than 200 times in two days.
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Trump was quoting a social media post made by Rep. Ilhan Omar, not expressing his own position. The short video clip omits the attribution at the start of Trump's comment.
The video shows Trump speaking at a rally Oct. 10, 2019, in Minneapolis. He spent several minutes of his speech criticizing Omar, a Minnesota Democrat and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
But the version edited down to 14 seconds and posted to Facebook is missing critical context that shows Trump is quoting a social media post made by Omar seven years earlier, not expressing his own views.
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