An unprecedented fire has broken out in the Middle East and the question arises what the once most powerful man in the world, who will be back at the helm in just over a year, thinks about the devastating developments. On Thursday, Donald Trump himself gave an answer – as unpredictable as ever, and possibly with consequences.
At a campaign event in Florida on Wednesday evening, the former US president addressed Hamas’ murderous terrorist attack in Israel that left more than a thousand dead. And expressed his admiration for the Hamas-affiliated Islamic Hezbollah militia, which threatens Israel from Lebanon. “You know, Hezbollah is very smart,” Trump said in his comments on the rocket fire against Israel. “They are all very smart,” he said, referring to the Islamist movements that threaten Israel.
Serious accusations against Netanyahu: “Bibi has let us down”
Trump made equally explosive comments about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, traditionally a close ally of the US and a welcome guest in the White House even in Trump’s time. Now Trump said he had bad experiences with Netanyahu in 2020. He was referring to the drone strike with which the US killed influential Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in neighboring Iraq.
According to Trump, Israel had provided the US with intelligence information but then withdrew. “I will never forget that Bibi Netanyahu let us down. “That was a very terrible thing,” Trump said now, more than three years later. And he continued: Netanyahu even tried to claim success for himself.
Speaker explains: ‘Smart’ does not mean ‘good’
The campaign camp of Trump’s successor in the White House, Joe Biden, accused Trump of spreading dangerous disinformation. According to the Washington Post, Trump spokesman Steven Cheung justified his words by saying that Trump actually wanted to criticize the Biden administration. US officials made certain statements that first gave Hezbollah the idea of attacking Israel from the north. Moreover, ‘smart’ does not mean ‘good’.
Source: Krone
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