😎 Donald who? How #NJ fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad dissed Trump at the #Rio Olympics https://t.co/mcLGNufn2V

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Still: Maplewood native and Muslim fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad had the crowd of international journalists laughing when she answered a question about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday morning.

The exchange begins with a question Muhammad has been asked before about Trump, who has proposed a ban on all Muslim immigrants to the U.S., and continues like an Abbott and Costello routine from there.

MUHAMMAD: Who?

REPORTER: Donald Trump.

MUHAMMAD: Sorry, what did you say?

REPORTER: (now shouting) Trump! Donald Trump!

MUHAMMAD: Who?

Then, after some laughter …

MUHAMMAD: Nah, I’m kidding.

She did not, it should be noted, answer the question. But she did again use her platform to draw attention to the plight of Muslim Americans, including the harassment she herself has had to deal with on the streets of Manhattan and on social media. […]

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