A Muslim Comedian Sat Next to a Trump on Flight: Here’s What Happened!

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As Mohammed Amer stepped onto his plane in New York City on Wednesday, he noticed an unmistakable murmur that struck him as odd.

He was last-minute bumped up to first class, and when he got to his seat, he was shocked when he saw who he would be sitting next to... Eric Trump.

Eric Trump, the third-oldest child of US President-elect Donald Trump, and the woman behind them was clearly upset about his presence. "She looked at me and said, ‘I wouldn't even sit next to him if I were you,'" Amer recalled to The Huffington Post.

He, though, had a different reaction: "Thank you, God."

Amer is an Arab-American man of Palestinian descent who was born in Kuwait and came to the US as a refugee.

His stand-up comedy frequently touches on issues like immigration and what it's like to travel the world as a Muslim man.

And now, here he was sitting next to a Trump, a perfect breeding ground for future material.

The comedian couldn't resist taking a selfie with Eric and posted it on social media with the caption: "Sometimes God just sends you the material."

As soon as he sat next to him, Amer introduced himself: "When I sat down I said, ‘How you doing?' Trump says, ‘I'm doing good.' And I said, ‘You have no idea how fantastic this is for me right now. My name is Mohammed. Salams. I'm a stand-up comedian. This is fantastic for me.'"

This exchange of pleasantries was all it took for him to dive right into what was really bothered him: the rumor on Muslim registries. Donald Trump called for a ban on Muslims traveling to the US and proposed a registry for Muslims residing in the country.

"I looked at him immediately and said, ‘Look man, FYI I'm not doing that...' He's like, ‘what?' I said, ‘I'm not going to get a Muslim ID number, I'm not doing it."

Eric replied saying, "That's not gonna happen. Come on man, you can't believe everything that you read."

Delighted, Amer shared the good news on Facebook and wrote, "Good news guys Muslims will not have to check-in and get IDs. That's what I was told."

As the conversation continued, moving from Trump's plans to Hillary Clinton, Amer slowly realized the kind of person Eric Trump was. "I just felt he was a robot, in the sense this guy has a routine that has been there since he was 6. I believe his dad raised him super old-school and that's the feeling I got from him. He's flying first-class to Scotland for a day, checking in on their golf course, going in and talking to them. This guy is all about business."

The comedian adds, "He also seemed disconnected from the reality of race attacks and violence. The vibe that I got, this was a game to them and they had no regrets and they did it to win and they will most likely keep doing it."

During their conversation, Eric asked Amer to "take it easy" on the Trumps and to ask other comedians such as Dave Chappelle to do the same. Amer refused. "I was like, you can't do that, that's not what we do," he says. "It's our job essentially to scrutinize the king."

Amer went on to say: "As a comedian it's my responsibility, it's my duty, to find out as much information as possible to provide an accurate commentary."

Though the comedian can't say how Eric felt about their exchange during the flight, Amer is positive that it was a conversation he will never forget.

And considering he plans to use it as material for his future shows, neither will his audience.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team