--- title: Hillary Clinton Ad: Khizr Khan Attacks Donald Trump description: The father of a Muslim-American Army captain asks Trump if his son would be accepted in the Republican's America. canonical: https://time.com/4540867/khizr-khan-ad-hillary-clinton/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-21T17:19:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:57:04.471Z article:section: Politics og:title: Father of Fallen Muslim-American Soldier Attacks Trump in New Clinton Ad og:description: "Mr. Trump, would my son have a place in your America?" og:url: https://time.com/4540867/khizr-khan-ad-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb28e3fc91b98c269/6988a0fde20a874e92a91ea0/khan.jpeg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Khan Family og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Father of Fallen Muslim-American Soldier Attacks Trump in New Clinton Ad twitter:description: "Mr. Trump, would my son have a place in your America?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb28e3fc91b98c269/6988a0fde20a874e92a91ea0/khan.jpeg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Khizr Khan, Father of Fallen Muslim-American Soldier, Attacks Donald Trump in New Hillary Clinton Campaign Ad ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. "Mr. Trump, would my son have a place in your America?"_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 21, 2016 5:19 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 21, 2016 5:19 PM UTC The father of a Muslim-American Army captain who died in Iraq is speaking out against Donald Trump in a new Hillary Clinton campaign ad. In the 60-second spot, [Khizr Khan](http://time.com/4429891/dnc-khizr-khan-donald-trump-constitution/?iid=sr-link7) tells the story of his son Humayun, who was killed in 2004, before tearfully asking the Republican nominee, “Would my son have a place in your America?” Khan made headlines when he gave an impassioned speech about his son at the Democratic National Convention in July, [condemning Trump](http://time.com/4431903/khizr-khan-donald-trump-republican-leaders/?iid=sr-link4) for his rhetoric on Muslim immigration. Trump responded by[ attacking Khan](http://time.com/4431997/donald-trump-khizr-khan-muslim-solder/?iid=sr-link6), and the two [traded sharp criticisms](http://time.com/4432219/donald-trump-father-soldier-khizr-khan/) in the media. In August, Khan said that he [felt sad for Republicans](http://time.com/4436076/khizr-khan-donald-trump-john-mccain/?iid=sr-link3) who support Trump. “It is so sad that this candidate \[Donald Trump\] is putting through our leaders—that they have to give these kind of statements, they have to clarify their positions, explain his thoughtlessness, his compass-less, his total lack of empathy,” Khan told TIME. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4540867/khizr-khan-ad-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4540867/khizr-khan-ad-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Khizr Khan, Father of Fallen Muslim-American Soldier, Attacks Donald Trump in New Hillary Clinton Campaign Ad","datePublished":"2016-10-21T17:19:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:57:04.471Z","description":"\"Mr. Trump, would my son have a place in your America?\"","url":"https://time.com/4540867/khizr-khan-ad-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Islam","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb28e3fc91b98c269/6988a0fde20a874e92a91ea0/khan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb28e3fc91b98c269/6988a0fde20a874e92a91ea0/khan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Khan Family","caption":"US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CONVENTION","creditText":"Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4540867/khizr-khan-ad-hillary-clinton/","name":"Khizr Khan, Father of Fallen Muslim-American Soldier, Attacks Donald Trump in New Hillary Clinton Campaign Ad"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"\"Mr. Trump, would my son have a place in your America?\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4540867/khizr-khan-ad-hillary-clinton/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4540867/khizr-khan-ad-hillary-clinton/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```