Trump says Israel should “finish the problem”
Because he’s a big peacenik, dontcha know:
Former President Donald Trump called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza quickly during an interview with Fox News Channel’s “MediaBuzz.”
This is the first time Trump has called to end the war in Gaza since the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7.
Trump’s comments in Sunday’s aired interview follow calls he made on Friday with FNC’s “Fox and Friends” host Brian Kilmeade that Israel should “finish the problem.”
“You had a horrible invasion. It took place. It would have never happened if I was president, by the way,” he added Friday.
On Sunday, the former president didn’t mention hostages or any other conditions that he would back to broker a ceasefire.
“You have to finish it up and do it quickly and get back to the world of peace. We need peace in the world…we need peace in the Middle East,” Trump said when asked by “MediaBuzz” host Howard Kurtz what he would tell Netanyahu about the war in Gaza.
No word on what he thinks Netanyahu could do to “finish the problem” quickly. Perhaps someone could have asked him what he would do to “finish the problem.” It might be interesting to know that. Of course, he would default to “it never would have happened if I had been president” because nothing bad can possibly happen when he’s our Dear Leader. (Well, except for a deadly pandemic that killed over a million Americans.) Does he think he could make a “deal” with Hamas like he plans to force Ukraine to do with Russia — unconditional surrender? Sure, that’ll work.
But thinking that October 7th and the responding invasion never would have happened if he were president is just daft. Does he think Hamas is so afraid of him that they wouldn’t have attacked Israel? His narcissism knows no bounds.
This line of his: “we need peace” translates into “do what the tyrants tell you and you won’t have a problem. Otherwise, they’ll have to finish it — finally — if you know what I mean.”