Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE's son assured a Muslim American comedian while on a flight that his father would not push for a Muslim registry.

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Comedian Mohammed Amer, who sat next to Eric Trump on a flight to Scotland, said that the president-elect's son dismissed the idea of a registry, telling him not to believe everything he reads.

Amer said in an interview with BuzzFeed News that he was in a state of disbelief when he saw Trump on the plane.

“So when I walked into the plane I was like, ‘What is this?’ This is obviously from Allah, Allah is just trying to hook me up right now. That’s what’s happening,” the comedian said.



“When I sat down I said: ‘How you doing?’ Trump says: ‘I’m doing good’. And I said: 'You have no idea how fantastic this is for me right now. My name is Mohammed. Salams. I’m a standup comedian. This is fantastic for me.' ”

In the course of conversation, Amer warned Trump against his father instituting a registry of Muslims in the U.S.



“And I said, 'Just FYI I’m not getting that ID s--- done. You gonna really make my people get ID cards and all this? You know we’re not doing this s---,' ” the comedian told BuzzFeed.



According to Amer, Trump replied that the registry will never happen under his father's administration.



“Ah, come on man. You can’t believe everything you read. Do you really think we’re gonna do that?” Trump responded, according to Amer.



Amer described the conversation as mostly pleasant but also accused Trump of being "disconnected from the reality."



“I just felt he was a robot, in the sense. This guy has a routine that has been there since he was 6. I believe his dad raised him super old-school, and that’s the feeling I got from him. He’s flying first class to Scotland for a day, checking in on their golf course, going in and talking to them. This guy is all about business,” he said.



The pair also discussed Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE and Trump's victory in the election. Amer said that the president-elect's son agreed with his assessment that Trump played the media to his advantage.



“That’s what he told me. He basically acknowledged the fact that his father played this thing like a mad genius and that’s how he got elected and he admitted it,” Amer said.