A child’s letter to Barack Obama asking for a young Syrian refugee to be resettled in his home has gone viral and been praised by the US president at the United Nations. Can you please go get him and bring him to my home?” the letter from six-year-old Alex of Scarsdale, New York, began. One referenced a tweet by Donald Trump Jr, the son of the Republican nominee, which compared Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: White HouseFacebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: White House“We will give him a family and he will be our brother,” Alex wrote in his letter. “Since he won’t bring toys and doesn’t have toys Catherine will share her big blue stripy white bunny.

Source: The Guardian September 22, 2016 15:56 UTC