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Donald Trump Releases Video ‘Welcoming Home’ Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi

April 22, 2017

US President Donald Trump has published a video on his official Twitter account welcoming home Egyptian-American Aya Hijazi. “WELCOME HOME, AYA! #GodBlessTheUSA,” tweeted President Trump along with a video that features a montage of him and Aya at the White House. The video, which sees ‘God Bless the U.S.A.’ by Lee Greenwood play in the background, starts with the American flag and a screenshot from the Washington Post titled ‘Freed Egyptian American prisoner returns home following Trump intervention’. With lyrics such as “I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free” playing in the background, the video then features multiple photographs of Aya and her family speaking with Trump and his family, including Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, during a visit to the White House. WELCOME HOME, AYA!#GodBlessTheUSA🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/CR4I8dvunc — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 21, 2017 Aya and her husband, Mohamed Hassanein, as well as four other Egyptian humanitarian workers, were found not guilty by an Egyptian court earlier this week after three years in detention. According to the Washington Post, President Trump had asked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to possibly pardon Aya if she were found guilty….


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