Trump Carefully Calibrates His Speech As He Tours The Middle East

His pet phrase ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ has gone missing even from his address on combating terrorism.

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, 21 May 2017. (Photo Courtesy: AP)

As US President Donald Trump embarks on his first overseas trip, his speech on terrorism in Riyadh seems moderate in tone. Most striking is how his pet phrase 'radical Islamic terrorism' has gone missing even in his address on combating terrorism.

The recurrent utterance of the phrase 'radical Islamic terrorism', the ‘Muslim ban’ proposals and his condemnable speeches generalising the entire Muslim community had already created a rather coarse impression about President Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) attend the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. 

However, his newly observed mild attitude towards the Muslim community in his speeches abroad has stunned all. The reference to ISIS and the non-terrorist organisations as 'Islamic extremists' shows Trump is choosing his words carefully as he tours the Middle East, a Muslim majority region of the world.

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