ed note–again, L&G, before reacting in a manner as someone would when hearing the word–
‘FUTHERMUCKER...’
–you need to read between the lines and discern–CAREFULLY–what is ACTUALLY BEING SAID rather than defaulting on the all-too-popular mantra heard these days within ‘anti-Zionist’ circles that Trump’s statements prove that he is ‘owned by d’Jooz…’
Remember, concerning Trump’s statement below about Schumer, specifically–
‘The former president lashed out at Democratic politicians including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ‘I think it’s a terrible thing to do,’ Trump said of recent remarks by Schumer calling for early elections in Israel.’
Remember, this is the same Trump who is (famously) on record saying of Netanyahu–
‘F*** Him’…
–as well as his calling for Netanyahu’s impeachment after the attacks on Oct. 7th.
Meaning, ladies and Gentilemen, that in the world of politics where Jews and the Jewish state are concerned, things are not always as ‘cut and dried’ (borrowing a popular phrase utilized often by the late, great, and greatly-missed Michael Collins Piper) as they appear to be on the surface.
Times of Israel
Former US president Donald Trump warned Israelis in an interview published Monday that they were losing support for the war in Gaza, reiterating his call to ‘finish it up.’
The comments from Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee to take on US President Joe Biden in November’s US election, came as Washington abstained at a UN Security Council vote calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
‘You have to finish up your war. To finish it up. You gotta get it done,’ Trump told the Israel Hayom newspaper, notably offering no caveat regarding the hostages still in Gaza during an interview the freesheet said had been recorded over the weekend.
‘And I will say, Israel has to be very careful because you’re losing a lot of the world, you’re losing a lot of support, you have to finish up, you have to get the job done, and you have to get on to peace, to get on to a normal life for Israel, and for everybody else.’
Trump told Israel Hayom he was concerned about the optics of a war in which Israeli strikes have left much of Gaza in ruins.
Trump also appeared to explain the rise in antisemitism in the US since October 7 as a result of images of destruction coming out of Gaza from the ongoing war.
‘I think that’s one of the reasons that there has been a lot of backlash,’ Trump said when asked about rising hate toward Jews, citing the footage of IDF military strikes in Gaza.
‘If people didn’t see that, every single night, and I’ve watched every single one of those. And I think Israel wanted to show that it’s tough, but sometimes you shouldn’t be doing that.’
‘I think Israel made a very big mistake. I wanted to call Israel and say ‘don’t do it’. These photos and shots of bombs being dropped into buildings in Gaza…’
Trump also faulted US President Joe Biden for Hamas’s attack on southern Israel, which he claimed the terror group perpetrated ‘because they have no respect for him.’
Repeating an assertion he has made in the past, Trump said that Hamas ‘would have never done that attack if I were there…because they knew there would have been very big consequences.’
Asked about growing tensions between Jerusalem and Washington over the war, Trump said support for Israel in the US has been dropping for the past 15 years.
Back then, ‘Israel had the strongest lobby,’ he said. ‘If you were a politician, you couldn’t say anything bad about Israel, that would be like the end of your political career.’
‘Israel has to get better with the promotional and with the public relations because right now they’re in ruins.’
The former president lashed out at Democratic politicians including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
‘I think it’s a terrible thing to do,’ Trump said of recent remarks by Schumer calling for early elections in Israel.
Trump and Netanyahu have had a checkered relationship, with the former often indicating that he has never forgiven the Israeli premier for congratulating Joe Biden after he defeated Trump in the 2020 election, a result Trump never accepted as legitimate.
Earlier this month, Trump said if he won the election in November he would ‘tell Netanyahu to finish the war against Hamas in Gaza quickly and to get back to the world of peace’.