During the Lebanese presidential election, a legislator cast a vote for the U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders instead of a Lebanese nominee. The vote was annulled and removed from the official tally. The incident, though unusual, did not affect the outcome. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, was elected President of Lebanon, securing two-thirds of the MPs' votes. Aoun received broad support from local political factions and international stakeholders. #Bernie #BernieSanders #Lebanon

The Lebanese-American community in Houston, Texas, is showing support for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump during the 2024 US election as war rages between Israel and Hezbollah. “I hate Trump, but I'm going to vote for Trump,” Lebanese-American Bob Ajouz tells The National. “It’s not only me – a lot of us because of that particular point. It's my family that has been butchered in Lebanon by [Mr Biden's] own 2,000-pound bombs." An estimated 40,000 Lebanese-Americans live in Houston,