![]() ![]() ![]() The Jordanian newspaper addustour suggested that while a rapid trial of George Floyd’s killers could have calmed the streets, Trump’s heavy handed approach will ultimately end up benefiting the Democratic presidential hopeful and former U.S. While Jordanian newspapers did focus on Trump’s response to the protests, the general conclusion was that it will likely backfire. In contrast, Jordan’s warm relationship with the United States did not translate into praise for the administration’s response. Shobky pointed out that Trump attempted to exploit the violence to mobilize his constituency and attain the necessary resources to win in November, though he noted that Trump’s strategy was poorly calculated and will cost him the upcoming election. In a somewhat dissenting view, prominent Egyptian journalist and analyst Amr Shobky wrote in the independent newspaper Almasry Alyoum that the current protests in the United States revealed a profound crisis in the overall structure of the U.S. In this same vein, Al-Watan fiercely attacked Trump’s Democratic opponent Joe Biden, comparing his response to “a third world country who is rushing to ride the popular angry wave to stir public sentiments to attain an electoral victory.” The newspaper claimed that anti-Trump media, while attacking Trump’s 'gradual' economic openness during the coronavirus shutdown is now encouraging the public to take to the streets. Similarly, As-sharq Al-Awsat maintained that Democratic politicians have exploited the incident to spread chaos and disorder. The popular pro-regime newspaper Youm7 accused the Democratic party, which supported the popular uprisings of the Arab Spring, of an attempt to oust Trump after realizing they could not win in November elections. The semiofficial Egyptian newspaper Ahram was quick to criticize Democrats who spoke out against Trump other papers followed suit. When Egypt faced antigovernment protests last year, Trump publicly backed Egyptian president Sisi, stating that “everybody has demonstrations.” In the past few days, the semiofficial and pro-regime newspapers seem to be trying to return the favor. politics.įor instance, at least one country has viewed the protests through the lens of its own recent history of unrest and is responding accordingly. ![]() Much of Arab media has blamed hyperpartisanship for fueling the protests, but where the brunt of criticism is directed has largely been driven by extant governmental and organizational attitudes towards U.S. While this silence can in part be attributed to the fact that the current protests in the United States are purely a domestic issue, it is also important to note that numerous state-aligned media outlets have offered characteristic viewpoints of their respective countries, suggesting an interest in indirect messaging on the protests without explicit comment. Notably, and in contrast to media responses, there has been a shortage of statements from government officials, with Palestinian officials being the exception. Responses within the Arab media have shifted between attempts to explain to readers sociological fault lines and structural racism in the United States and pointed takes on what these protests might mean for the upcoming election-with the underlying question of what it might mean for the region.įrom a political perspective, images of protests are also shaped by the Arab governments’ responses to the Arab spring, when pro-democracy protests were crushed in many Arab states. A globalized world has meant that international media reactions to a policeman’s brutal killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, and the subsequent protests have been swift and comprehensive. ![]()
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