Muslim American comedian Mohammed Amer was flying to Scotland, right ahead of his UK tour ... and to his luck ended up sitting right next to Eric Trump, President-elect Donald Trump's second son and executive Vice President of The Trump Organization.
Amer took a selfie with Trump, whose father famously called for a ban on Muslims on the campaign trail, and posted it to his Facebook.
"Hey guys heading to Scotland to start the U.K. Tour and I am 'randomly' chosen to sit next to non other than Eric Trump," he wrote.
He used this time to ask Trump a number of questions. According to Eric Trump, the incoming president will not order an extra check on Muslims in the United States. Phew.
"Good news guys Muslims will not have to check in and get IDs. That's what I was told. I will be asking him a lot of questions on this trip to Glasgow, Scotland. Sometimes God just sends you the material."
He even jokingly warned his friends on the social media platform that if he disappeared ... they can know why.
Comments on Trump's clothing style were in order
Pressing questions about Eric Trump's teeth
Just wondering what Trump is doing on a commercial flight
Some suggested the encounter was staged
Throughout Donald Trump's presidential campaign he spouted Islamophobic rhetoric, even calling for a ban on all Muslims from entering the U.S. Eric Trump has defended his father's comments in the past, saying the media has blown some of his remarks out of proportion.
"This isn’t a Muslim thing. This is an ISIS thing. And this is also an anti-immigration, anti-Syrian refugee thing coming into the country. He doesn’t want to see more Americans dead," Eric Trump said in an interview on CBS This Morning in August.
Eric Trump also drew criticism after comments he made differentiating Muslims in Scotland from those fleeing war torn Syria.
"People of the Muslim faith from Scotland can be vetted," he told Fox News during a week in June when he was in Scotland opening a Trump golf course.
"That isn't so easy with Syrian refugees because documentation can be forged by Islamic State terrorists who have seized passport machines in Syria.”