Donald has to duck as Uncle Sam attacks

11 December 2015 - 02:26 By ©The Daily Telegraph, Reuters

Donald Trump's week has been going badly. Not only has his proposal to have Muslims banned from the US sparked global outrage and mockery, but he also lost out to Angela Merkel as Time magazine's person of the year. The Republican presidential frontrunner tweeted his disgust at losing out to the German chancellor, who had been recognised for her response to the refugee crisis.But wait, there's more. After he lashed out at Time for its decision to choose Merkel, the magazine has released photographs of Trump's unfortunate attempts to pose with a bald eagle.During the photoshoot earlier this year, "Uncle Sam" as the American eagle is named, flapped, pecked and scratched at Trumpt.The tycoon was having the picture taken for Time's person of the year special issue, and award- winning photographer Martin Schoeller suggested the billionaire sat at a desk with the 27-year-old bird.In a post titled "The Person of the Year runner-up encounters the American symbol", Time shared a video of Uncle Sam flapping Trump away, who then hastily moves to the other side of the desk.Former boxing champion Muhammad Ali appeared on Wednesday to join the chorus condemning Trump's proposal to temporarily stop Muslims from entering the country."We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda," Ali, 72, said in a statement that appeared in a report by NBC News.The Louisville, Kentucky-born Ali, a three-time world heavyweight champion who joined the Nation of Islam in 1964 and later converted to Sunni Islam, also took aim at Islamist extremists. "I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world," Ali said."True Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so-called Islamic jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion."..

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