Trump Honored Gold Star Dad Ejected From Biden’s SOTU
Beth Brelje
What a difference a year makes. During former President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address, the distraught father of a slain Marine was removed from the room and arrested for interrupting Biden’s speech.
Steve Nikoui, father of Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, shouted “Abbey Gate,” and “Second Battalion First Marines!” His son, 20, was one of 13 Americans killed by an ISIS suicide bomber during Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. There was no tolerance for a grieving father. Nikoui was handcuffed and charged for disrupting Congress. The charges were later dropped.
Before President Donald Trump addressed the joint meeting of Congress Tuesday night, he contacted the 13 Gold Star families who lost a loved one at the Kabul Airport bombing and gave them a measure of closure, telling them the U.S. Government worked with the Government of Pakistan and arrested Mohammad Sharifullah, the suspected mastermind behind the bombing.
During his speech, Trump announced Sharifullah was on his way to the U.S. “to face the swift sword of American justice.”
“I spoke to many of the parents and loved ones, and they were all in our hearts tonight. Just spoke to them on the phone. We had a big call. Every one of them called, and everybody was on the line, and they did nothing but cry with happiness,” Trump said in his speech. “They were very happy, as happy as you can be under those circumstances. Their child, brother, sister, son, daughter was killed for no reason whatsoever in the Middle East.”
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