Malala Yousafzai Talks To David Letterman About President Trump
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Malala Yousafzai, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and an advocate for the education of girls, sat down with David Letterman and shared some of her thoughts about President Trump.
Malala Yousafzai, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and an advocate for the education of girls, sat down with David Letterman and shared some of her thoughts about President Trump. Letterman interviewed the 20-year-old for an episode of his Netflix talk show 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,' which was released on Friday.
He asked her what she thought of the U.S. president and got the conversation rolling by offering his own take. "I feel personally, not politically, but personally, he is not fit to represent me. I don't think he's fit to represent anybody in this room," Letterman commented. Yousafzai followed with, "Some of the things have really disappointed me, things about sexual harassment and a ban on Muslims and racism." "You see all these things and you feel that America, being known for human rights and a country of liberty and freedom, that country should be leading in terms of human rights," she further noted. Yousafzai has offered her views on Trump before. The Washington Post reports that at the recent World Economic Forum, she was asked to comment on the allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment made against the U.S. president. She replied, in part, "it is just shocking for a second to believe that this is actually happening...I hope that women stand up and speak out against it." Yousafzai is, of course, widely known for her own fortitude in the face of oppression. The Post notes that she was "shot in the head in 2012 for defying a Taliban ban on girls attending school in her native Pakistan." She has since become a well-known advocate for education around the world.
Malala Yousafzai, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and an advocate for the education of girls, sat down with David Letterman and shared some of her thoughts about President Trump. Letterman interviewed the 20-year-old for an episode of his Netflix talk show 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,' which was released on Friday.
He asked her what she thought of the U.S. president and got the conversation rolling by offering his own take. "I feel personally, not politically, but personally, he is not fit to represent me. I don't think he's fit to represent anybody in this room," Letterman commented. Yousafzai followed with, "Some of the things have really disappointed me, things about sexual harassment and a ban on Muslims and racism." "You see all these things and you feel that America, being known for human rights and a country of liberty and freedom, that country should be leading in terms of human rights," she further noted. Yousafzai has offered her views on Trump before. The Washington Post reports that at the recent World Economic Forum, she was asked to comment on the allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment made against the U.S. president. She replied, in part, "it is just shocking for a second to believe that this is actually happening...I hope that women stand up and speak out against it." Yousafzai is, of course, widely known for her own fortitude in the face of oppression. The Post notes that she was "shot in the head in 2012 for defying a Taliban ban on girls attending school in her native Pakistan." She has since become a well-known advocate for education around the world.