MIDDLE EAST/RELIGION: “What they do to Christians in the Middle East — and it’s — it’s disgraceful. It’s disgraceful. You’re right…
And as countries come in — for instance, UAE has agreed very strongly to represent us; I think they will very well with respect to Christianity, because in the Middle East, it’s not treated well. It’s not treated well at all. It’s treated horribly and very unfairly, and it’s criminal what’s happened — and that’s for many, many years.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | August 13, 2020,” whitehouse.gov, Aug. 13, 2020