Syrian Americans Moving Toward Trump

Syrian-American community leaders from Michigan and other swing states who attended a May 21 dinner with Ric Grenell, one of former president Donald Trump’s top foreign-policy advisers, told National Review that they’re now more likely to support Trump in November.

Several of the Syrian Americans, who made up about half of the 40 or so Arab-American attendees, explained that the Biden administration’s willingness to accommodate Iran, which has worked to prop up Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, is the reason that they’re open to the Republican candidate’s overtures. A few cited reports that the Biden administration lobbied against a bill that would prohibit the U.S. from normalizing its ties with Syria.

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Syrian-American community leaders from Michigan and other swing states who attended a May 21 dinner with Ric Grenell, one of former president Donald Trump’s top foreign-policy advisers, told National Review that they’re now more likely to support Trump in November.

Several of the Syrian Americans, who made up about half of the 40 or so Arab-American attendees, explained that the Biden administration’s willingness to accommodate Iran, which has worked to prop up Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, is the reason that they’re open to the Republican candidate’s overtures. A few cited reports that the Biden administration lobbied against a bill that would prohibit the U.S. from normalizing its ties with Syria.