Nominated twice by President Donald Trump, the United States ambassador to Morocco David Fischer has waited 586 days to get confirmed by the Senate. This delay is dubbed unprecedented, especially as previous American ambassadors to the Kingdom waited on average three months.
Moroccans interviewed by a survey, conducted by the Arab Barometer, said that they are turning their backs on religion. The findings of the survey show that Moroccans prefer the policies of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan over the ones of President Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner is currently visiting Morocco to seek support for the US Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. This visit comes as Bahrain is expected to host in June an international conference on the economic portion of the plan.
Earlier in May, President Donald Trump designed Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization. According to media reports, the American President was advised against considering Morocco’s PJD when thinking of the decision.
The Trump administration is looking into ways to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization. Will Morocco’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) be affected by the White House’s recent decision ?