I was accused of insulting the president, insulting Islam, insulting - spreading rumors, disturbing the peace.
Bassem YoussefI think that the religious and the military right wings are just two sides of the same coin if somebody uses God and religion and somebody uses country and security.
Bassem YoussefEgypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.
Bassem YoussefPeople would believe propagate, spread rumors or conspiracy theories in order to protect their own system of denial.
Bassem YoussefIt doesn't matter if the truth is right there out in front of your eyes. You will find a way, a mechanism, in order to keep your own system of denial. So as I always say it, denial is a river that runs in the - in Egypt. So we became very good in that.
Bassem YoussefI don't care about Donald Trump himself. I care and I worry about the very big base that supports him because this kind of language would have been absolutely nonexistent maybe 15, 20 - by the way, I follow the American elections, and I have never seen someone who is that offensive. I have seen people who are stupid. But stupid and offensive, that's new.
Bassem Youssef