#Trump Says Little on #Gaza, & Nothing About What He’d Do Differently
In the ~5 months since #Hamas invaded #Israel on #Oct7, igniting the most divisive #ForeignPolicy crisis of #Biden’s presidency, Trump has said noticeably little about the subj.
“So you have a war that’s going on, & you’re probably going to have to let this play out. You’re probably going to have to let it play out, because a lot of people are dying,” #Trump said in an interview w/Univision a month after the attack. His main advice to #Netanyahu & the #Israelis …was to do a better job w/ “public relations,” because the #Palestinians were “beating them at the public relations front.”
@Nonilex
Exactly what I want in a candidate - incisive analytical skills, deep knowledge of ancient grievances, cutting edge solutions and clear communication.
#Trump’s hands-off approach to the bloody #MiddleEast conflict reflects the profound #AntiInterventionist [#isolationist] shift he has brought about in the #Republican Party over the past 8 yrs & has been colored by his feelings about #Netanyahu, whom he may never forgive for congratulating President #Biden for his 2020 victory.
#Trump has offered no substantive criticisms of Biden’s response to the #Hamas invasion & #Israel’s retaliation in #Gaza. Instead, he has pinned the blame for the entire crisis on #Biden’s “weakness,” in the same way he often does when #violence or #tragedy occurs.
It is unimaginable that in a pre-Trump #Republican Party, the standard-bearer would have had so little to say about a major #terrorist attack against Israel & a broadening regional #conflict in the middle of a presidential campaign.
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