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        "msgid": "trumps-mohammad-joke-draws-criticism-1792284623",
        "date": "2026-10-18 06:31:42",
        "title": "Trump\u2019s \u2018Mohammad\u2019 Joke Draws Criticism",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Donald Trump drew attention after joking that people from the Middle East could be addressed as \u201cMohammad\u201d, making the remark while discussing Iran at a campaign rally in Georgia. The article places the comment amid repeated criticism of his rhetoric towards Muslims, immigrants and ethnic minorities, and cites a CAIR report linking rising Islamophobia in the US partly to his administration\u2019s policies.",
        "content": "<p>US President Donald Trump has once again come under scrutiny, this\ntime after making a joke about the popularity of the name\n\u201cMohammad\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters on Saturday (17 October 2026), Trump made the\nremark while mocking Iran\u2019s presidency. He spoke at a rally in front of\nsupporters during the midterm election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, if you\u2019re unsure about someone\u2019s name in the Middle East,\njust call them \u2018Mohammad\u2019,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe odds are about 65% that you\u2019re right. \u2018Hello, Mohammad.\u2019 I\u2019ve\nbeen doing it for years. I\u2019ve never been wrong,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the comments while discussing Iran at a rally at Dalton\nRegional Airport in Georgia, where he was campaigning for Republican\ncandidates ahead of the midterm elections on 3 November.<\/p>\n<p>He then pretended to ask several people named Mohammad whether they\nwanted the job. But his supporters did not respond to the joke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran is the only country where nobody wants to be president,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights defenders and Muslim advocacy groups have repeatedly\ncriticised Trump for rhetoric they say mocks Muslims, immigrants and\nethnic minorities.<\/p>\n<p>He has stepped up such rhetoric during the midterm campaign,\nparticularly towards Somali Americans and Muslims, including Democratic\nUS Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is Muslim, and Representative\nIlhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who came to the United States as a\nSomali refugee.<\/p>\n<p>An annual report released earlier this year by the Council on\nAmerican-Islamic Relations (CAIR) linked rising Islamophobia in the\nUnited States in part to Trump\u2019s crackdown on immigration and\npro-Palestinian protests during his second term.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/trumps-mohammad-joke-draws-criticism-1792284623",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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