{"id":62659,"date":"2021-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62659\/georges-kordahi-trends-after-another-media-fumble"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:10:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:10:27","slug":"georges-kordahi-trends-after-another-media-fumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62659\/georges-kordahi-trends-after-another-media-fumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Georges Kordahi Trends After Another Media Fumble"},"content":{"rendered":"Remember when former Minister of Foreign Affairs Charbel Wehbe was made to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/61900\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">resign after making controversial remarks<\/a> about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?<br \/>  <br \/>  Well, it appears as though Minister of Information Georges Kordahi saw that and said&#8230;<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/4No8n92D0vmSQwG0O5\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Wednesday morning kicked off in Lebanon with Prime Minister Najib Mikati and his cabinet scrambling to both distance themselves and cover up inflammatory comments that Kordahi had previously made about KSA and the United Arab Emirates. The comments had been circulating on social media, and were harshly condemned by the ambassador of Yemen to Lebanon and the Gulf Cooperation Council, both of whom called upon Kordahi to apologize.  <br \/>  <br \/>  As a result, the Minister was trending on Twitter at #1, here were some of the comments:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When u order a minister from Ali express! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aline Salloum (@alinesalloum80) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alinesalloum80\/status\/1453260288095051779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh look at that, if it&#39;s isn&#39;t team &#8220;let&#39;s make everyone hate us with the fury of a thousand suns&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B7%D8%B2%D9%91?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/65p1yEEVNc\">https:\/\/t.co\/65p1yEEVNc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Just another angry Lebanese. (@Banananayara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Banananayara\/status\/1453260273461170187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis is my circus and these are my monkeys.\u201d Whom does George Kordahi belong to or represent? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GeorgeKordahi?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GeorgeKordahi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ihsan Alkhatib (@IhsanAlkhatib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IhsanAlkhatib\/status\/1453242416715214854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a><\/p>&mdash; (@AbdullahHajri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbdullahHajri\/status\/1453268018755158017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Unfortunately, it&#8217;s never a dull day. 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