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Trump's Speech to Muslim Leaders

The President’s tone was drastically different than during his campaign.
Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

President Trump delivered a speech in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday that asked leaders of the Muslim world to take more responsibility in the fight against terrorism, and that framed the fight not as one between people of “different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations,” but as a battle between “good and evil.”

The speech, made to leaders of more than 50 Muslim countries, was the centerpiece of his trip to Saudi Arabia, Trump’s first outside of the speech.)

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