00:00A lot of Americans are very unhappy as an understatement, but they're very concerned
00:06that Somali nationals could be funding money back to terrorist organizations like Al-Shabaab
00:13in Somalia using federal and state dollars. And that's very offensive to the American taxpayer
00:19for obvious reasons. President Trump is just pouncing on that opportunity to say,
00:24these people have done vile things. And then he takes it farther to say,
00:28these are vile people, these are low IQ people. And it wasn't even six months ago. I mean,
00:32I think it was just a few days ago that he has made such comments. Obviously, we're doing a
00:37widespread investigation of this. The vice president of the United States has been tasked
00:42with this. And it's very egregious to the American people, Democrat, independent, Republican.
00:47So President Trump is taking an opportunity to maybe take a shot. Some would say maybe a cheap
00:53shot. But either way, he knows that the American people are upset and unhappy about this. And
00:58so he's making his voice known. And he's being vocal about it, maybe to an extreme,
01:04some people would say. But I think the bottom line, when you talk about what's happening right now,
01:09and again, as someone who was born in Iran, and it's hard to see things happen when they ostracize
01:17particular countries. But if the United States is trying to do what is best to protect the American
01:23people, and in this case, the people who are going to be enjoying FIFA games and to
01:27it's certainly the players, President Trump's doing what's in his best interest, it certainly
01:32doesn't help that those comments were made, but also understand the context in the United States
01:38of the disdain that people have for what has happened in Minneapolis, in the Minneapolis-St.
01:43Paul area with the widespread fraud that could potentially be funding terrorist organizations
01:49back in Somalia. Okay, let me just come back on that, if I may. Go ahead. That didn't sound like
01:55an unequivocal condemnation of what are clearly racist comments. Racism is when you take the actions
02:04of some, the alleged actions of some in this case, and you blur the lines so that you include their
02:11whole
02:12racial or ethnic group. And that is what Trump has undoubtedly done here. And those comments are
02:19not about being good at politics, as you suggest. They're just downright inflammatory, bigoted and
02:26outrageous. And I'm afraid that they defile, not for the first time, the office of the presidency
02:32of the United States, which, as we all know, is an unbelievably important and prestigious position.
02:38Donald Trump is a democratically elected president, and he has found it in himself to make truly
02:45reprehensible remarks, taking in, it seems to me, an entire population, an entire group of people.
02:54And we used to call that racism, and I think we should still call that racism. It's truly extraordinary,
03:01although sadly no longer surprising, that these sorts of remarks are coming out of the White House.
03:06And I think it brings shame on America. And I use those words advisedly. I really do.
03:13On the specifics of this referee, Omar Artan, who's had his dream of officiating in a World Cup
03:20shattered for now, he's told the world that he will be back for the 2030 World Cup. Clearly,
03:25this is much wider than his personal disappointment. This is, it will be seen as a slur on a country,
03:32a slur on Somalia, and against the spirit of the World Cup.
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