Syrian Christian thankful Trump has made it okay to say 'Merry Christmas' before he is executed

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AL-BUKAMAL, Syria — A Syrian Christian man living in an ISIS-controlled town is praising President Donald Trump's brave stand for Christians around the world, which has finally made it okay to say 'Merry Christmas' in public, sources confirmed.

"I'm so incredibly thankful that President Trump is standing up for the persecution of Christians who have been oppressed and not allowed to celebrate Christmas like Jesus wanted," said Haroun al-Bibi, just one day before his scheduled execution.

"With Trump as your president, we are going to be celebrating Merry Christmas again, and it's going to be done with a big, beautiful tax cut," Trump said recently. The president was referring to his predecessor, Barack Obama, who said 'Merry Christmas' every single year during his 8 years in office, but you know damn well he didn't really mean it.

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