Within hours of Donald Trump being announced as the 47th president of the United States, Zaineb Haider received a text message from an old contact - a white woman.
It was probably intended as a message of support, with the sender likely checking in on Haider after the Democratic nominee and sitting Vice President Kamala Harris lost in a landslide defeat on Tuesday’s US presidential election.
But the subject and tone infuriated the 24-year-old, Haider told Middle East Eye.“The message asked if I was feeling okay [about Trump] coming back to office,” she said.
“I told her: ‘I haven’t been fucking okay for an entire year’.”
For more than 13 months, Israeli forces have killed at least 43,000 Palestinians in Gaza, the vast majority of them women and children, with schools, hospitals, universities and critical infrastructure specifically targeted by Israeli air strikes and shelling.
Haider said she immediately recognised the message for what it was: liberal’s shedding tears and only expressing concerns about the future of minorities and others after Trump’s re-election, not what came before his resounding victory.
In a two party system you don’t always get great choices, but Harris was clearly the better choice here. If you don’t understand that I don’t have the time to try explaining it to you.
That’s also ignoring the fact that Congress sets the budget. Originating in the house of representatives specifically. Who is it that is in charge over there?
Liberals’ smarmy self righteous condescending attitudes is another reason she lost
And the president has veto power over it