“Yeah, he’s right,” El-Sayed told CNN when asked about a post by the US president that depicted an image of Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, beside a photo of El-Sayed, who is Muslim, and his wife, Sarah Jukaku, wearing a hijab.
Commenting on Trump's depiction of their differences.
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