Welllll, technically, it was not used in the right context. In-sha'-allah means "when god wills" but cannot be used in the way Biden did it because he used it as a question. I have never heard Inshallah be used as/in a question except when someone asks you to say Inshallah (as in, pressing you to "say Inshallah" so you either finish business or "move on".) I understand why Biden might have used it wrong in this context. If you take the literal translation, it could fit: "When? When god wills?". Inshallah is however often used to convey something that will never happen or only happen if god wills it (which is sometimes, a miracle). So, again, I kinda understand why Biden said it. But it doesn't really work. A much nicer arabic term is "Ta yenawwer el-milih'" which means "when the salt starts shining". This term definitely means "never" and is similar to "when pigs fly" or something from the west.
I most definitely appreciate the nuance, while also reminding you gently this is a guy who talked about his Black nemesis Corn Pop, in a race where commentators are losing their minds over not being able to say "Kuh-malll-uh Harris", in a country where an entire right-wing insurgent political faction was launched by having a president with the middle name "Hussein."
It looked to me like Trump was coached away from saying Kah-mel-uh, instead referring to her as "Harris". I presume it's because he was coached away from attempting her first name by whatever handlers he has left.
His debate prep was Giuliani and Chris Christie. WHAT WOULD YOU PAY TO BE A FLY ON THAT WALLTrump said that a “combination” of Christie and Giuliani have been playing Biden in preparatory sessions before the debate, which is scheduled for Tuesday evening in Cleveland.
Al Jazeera is sick of your shit, by the way As I wrote in an Al Jazeera opinion column earlier this month, if you are an “undecided” voter in the face of Trump’s soul-and-synapse-shattering, nearly four-year-long cavalcade of craziness, perjury, and criminality then, my goodness, you have either been in a self-induced coma or some form of witness-protection programme.An effervescent CNN personality assembled a group of socially-distanced, undecided voters from that notoriously fickle swing-state, Ohio. The gaggle of “I’m still on the fence” gnomes were treated with cloying deference and respect that they should never be afforded by anyone, at any time, for any reason.
Pretty cool that Biden used the term in a proper context. Much better than a top political figure...I don't know...maybe telling a racist militant group to chill for the time being. C'mon, I mean that could be seen as either asinine or sinister. I am though willing to wager it's some of both.