Jihadists plan to use Donald Trump’s shock US presidential victory as a propaganda tool to lure new fighters

Jihadists are planning to use the US president-elect Donald Trump’s shock victory as a propaganda tool to recruit new fighters to its fold.

According to reports by Reuters, Taliban commanders and Islamic State supporters say Trump’s campaign trail rhetoric against Muslims - which at one point called for a total ban of Muslims entering the US - will work perfectly in their recruitment efforts, especially for disgruntled youth in the West.

Speaking to Reuters, a top IS commander in Afghanistan, Abu Omar Khorasani said;

“This guy is a complete maniac. His utter hate towards Muslims will make our job much easier because we can recruit thousands.”

“Our leaders were closely following the US election but it was unexpected that the Americans will dig their own graves and they did so,” Khorasani added, who also described President Barack Obama as a moderate infidel with at least a little brain in comparison to Trump.

According to a senior Taliban commander in Afghanistan who declined to be identified, the group had kept records of all of Trump’s speeches and anti-Muslim comments.

“If he does what he warned in his election campaign, I am sure it will provoke Muslim community across the world and jihadi organisations can exploit it,” said the militant leader.

Source: Reuters