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Al-Denid Base Air, Qatar (AP)-when President Donald Trump went to the troops of us and Qatar in a military base in Qatar on Thursday, said the range that “we don’t care if he is politically correct.”
Anyone who needs evidence of that could have seen the routine of comedian Theo von a little earlier. Using a black shirt and a baseball back, the Podcast presenter gave uniformed troops with drugs on drugs, disabilities of development, homosexuality and its Qatar hosts.
He talked about snorting cocaine from a baby’s back, but said he was “a mixed baby”, so the white dust was visible in the baby’s skin.
Von acted several disabilities, including Down syndrome, and insulted the US Navy as “gay.” It also had a line line about terrorism attacks, asking: “Where do you think it should happen on September 11?”
He joked about the lack of crime in Qatar, where he said it would be impossible to identify an author because they are all called Muhammad and dress with the same white robes. They were like a “Sandsman of Arena by Ku Klux,” said von.
He later pointed to Qatar troops at the audience and said: “They don’t like it.”
The jokes laugh and some groans of the members of the service at the base, home of the front headquarters of the central command of the US Army.
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There was no recognition of Qatar about comedy routine and its issues. The members of the US service and Qatar and a small number of journalists after Trump heard the set, which was also available for American television networks.
The rich nations of the Gulf that Trump has visited has welcomed more and more a flourishing scene standing at home and acts from abroad as they are promoted as global entertainment destinations, and there are fewer red lines than one would expect in the socially conservative region. When Russell Peters acted in Saudi Arabia and Dave Chappelle in Abu Dhabi last year, both said in a series of sexually explicit jokes and playfully mocked aspects of local culture, such as the great dependence of foreign workers.
The only non-log areas seem to be critical of Islam or the autocratic rulers of the countries.
“You can’t talk about the real ones, and you can’t talk about religion,” said comedian Tom Segura in his podcast last year, describing restrictions imposed on a comedy tour he made to the United Arab Emirates.
Von connected with Trump during the presidential campaign last year, organizing the Republican candidate for a prolonged conversation that helped him reach the young male voters who were important for his victory.
Trump was not present for Von’s routine at the Al-Udeid air base, which houses about 8,000 troops. When Trump took the stage in a hangar on the Qatari side of the installation, he praised Von and talked about how his son Barron encouraged him to sit down with the comedian.
“Dad, you have to do an interview with a guy named Theo von,” Trump said. “I said: ‘Who the hell is Theo von?'”
“We had a good time,” he added.
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This is not the first time that an act of warming has caused controversy for Trump. Comedian Tony Fuechcliffe called Puerto Rico as a “floating island” during a Madison Square Garden rally near the end of the campaign.
Trump pronounced his own free comments during Thursday’s event, telling the troops that “I have nothing more to do, so we have fun a bit.”
He talked about the plans for an upcoming military parade in Washington, he falsely said that he won three presidential elections, he joked about people who want him to run for another mandate and said that France would be “speaking German” if it were not for US help during World War II.
Trump talked about the efforts of his administration to lose weight the best ranges of the military, saying “we let many four stars go.”
For a long time there has been friction between Trump and some main generals, and has been more emboldened to redo the command structure.
He described the people who doubted their military instincts as “damn losers”, speaking of the campaign against the Islamic State group in their first mandate.
Trump ended his speech in his usual way, dancing with his campaign anthem of “YMCA”.
“This past weekend” of Von is the fifth most popular podcast in the US. The 45-year-old man who depends on a salmonor is one of the flourishing voices of the land call, a growing in-line community of hyper-mangine influencers and comedians who refuse to cancel culture and offer crudeness in place. Von has interviewed people throughout the political spectrum and in industries, from artificial intelligence to entertainment and sports.
____ Megerian informed from Washington. The AP writer Joseph Krauss contributed to this report.