Former President Donald Trump openly mused Monday about how American Jews could rally behind Democrats during a tirade in New Hampshire against President Biden’s foreign policy following last weekend’s deadly terrorist attack on Israel.
“I can’t imagine how anyone who is Jewish or anyone who loves Israel – and, frankly, evangelicals just love Israel – I can’t imagine anyone voting for Democrats, much less this man,” Trump said during his remarks. in Wolfeboro.
During his speech, the 77-year-old claimed that Biden, 80, had “betrayed Israel,” citing the attack by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas that has killed at least 900 people in the Jewish state, including 11 Americans.
“Less than four years ago, we achieved peace in the Middle East with the historic Abraham Accords. “Today we have an all-out war in Israel and it will spread very quickly,” Trump predicted. “What a difference a president makes.”
The 45th president and Republican favorite for the 2024 elections promised that he would “once again strongly support” Israel if elected to a second non-consecutive term.
Donald Trump is the leading Republican candidate for president in 2024.REUTERS
Trump has previously criticized Jews who support Democratic candidates and sent a message to that effect last month on Rosh Hashanah.
“Just a quick reminder to liberal Jews who voted to destroy America and Israel because they believed in false narratives!” he wrote in Truth Social.
“Hopefully you learned from your mistake and make better decisions in the future!”
In October of last year, the former president again asked American Jews to vote for him.
Donald Trump suggested that Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel would not have taken place under his direction. CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
“No president has done more for Israel than me. However, it is somewhat surprising that our wonderful evangelicals appreciate this much more than people of the Jewish faith, especially those who live in America,” he wrote again in Truth Social.
“American Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel, before it’s too late!” she added ominously.
Trump has frequently boasted about his Middle East policies, including moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the Abraham Accords that allowed Israel to normalize relations with Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates. Joined.
He also carried out a maximum pressure campaign against Israel’s archenemy, Iran.
Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate next to a destroyed Israeli tank on the Gaza Strip fence.AP
Still, the former president was also infuriated by the apparent lack of gratitude he received in response.
“Fuck him,” Trump told Axios journalist Barak Ravid in 2021 about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who quickly acknowledged Biden’s 2020 election victory.
“The people of this country who are Jewish no longer love Israel. I will tell you that evangelical Christians love Israel more than the Jews of this country. It used to be that Israel had absolute power over Congress. And today I think it’s exactly the opposite,” Trump also told Ravid.
In the 2020 presidential vote, American Jews favored Biden over Trump by more than two to one.
The Democratic Socialists of America organized a pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square on October 8, 2023. Twitter/@StuartMeissner
Should he return to the White House, Trump promised to “cut off money to Palestinian terrorists from day one” and increase pressure on Iran.
Israel has begun counterattacking Hamas outposts in the Gaza Strip after the terrorist group fired thousands of rockets and mounted a ground offensive into the country’s territory.
At least 900 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the violence and an estimated 2,600 were injured, according to Israel Army Radio.
Additionally, Hamas has claimed to have kidnapped more than 150 hostages and threatened to execute them one by one live on social media in response to Israel’s retaliation.
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