Saif Ali Khan’s statement on Donald Trump’s victory as the US President is hard-hitting

The moment when Donald Trump won the Presidency of the United States of America taking over from Barack Obama was a really shocking one, as his victory only meant more problems for Indians residing in America, especially Muslims. (ALSO READ: What if Saif Ali Khan was stuck in a lift with Kareena Kapoor Khan and Amrita Singh?)

So, as America is dealing with the new ways of Mr Trump, a popular daily took the opportunity to quiz Saif Ali Khan about this subject as he is busy promoting ‘Rangoon’.

Saif who is a well-read and street-smart person himself, had the most honest and hard-hitting statement on Donald Trump.

Here’s what he said, “I think America was angry, and they did the one thing they could do, which is vote. And they must have felt good for a few days but then have themselves been panicking that what have we done (laughs), I think. As a Muslim, I don’t know… I think they just wanted a change. I don’t think we can think of America as just New York and LA, I think there are all those people who don’t have jobs, Middle America… And he’s promised them that we’ll make it happen again, our country and all this kind of stuff… Whether Islamophobia helps – I mean, the Nazis were against the Jews to develop a national identity against a shadow of themselves, which is the Jew. The Christian has done that historically with the Muslim. That’s been done since the first Crusade, right? And it unified Europe, the first time it happened. Pope Gregory said to the Knights, let’s stop fighting with each other and fight them, and liberate the Holy Land. Though there’s no such thing as ‘The Muslim’, you just create this thing, people are individuals.”

Saif has a very valid point here and we can’t agree enough on it. On the work front, Saif’s upcoming Vishal Bhardwaj directorial ‘Rangoon’ that also stars Shahid Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut will be releasing on February 24, 2017.

Prajakta Ajgaonkar

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