Comment: Trump has lost the little credibility that he had with these statements. And Israel controlling Congress is a good thing?? Israel must really have a serious hold on him.
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President Donald Trump said Friday that Israel's support in Congress and around the world has declined in recent years.
In an interview with The Daily Caller,
Trump said that because of left-wing U.S. politicians rallying against
Israel and the growing unpopularity of its war in Gaza, the country is
losing influence.
"Israel, you would understand this very
much, Israel was the strongest lobby I've ever seen. They had total
control over Congress, and now they don't, you know, I'm a little
surprised to see that," he said.
Trump, who has been a strong ally of Israel during his presidency,
defended Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza but said he has observed how
it has hurt the country's global image.
"So, they're
gonna have to get that war over with. But it is hurting Israel. There's
no question about it. They may be winning the war, but they're not
winning the world of public relations, you know, and it is hurting
them."
He recalled how criticizing Israel was never as common as it is
today, as high-profile Democratic members of Congress — including Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. — who
have criticized the war in Gaza and accused the country of killing innocent Palestinians.
"There
was a time where you couldn't speak bad, if you wanted to be a
politician, you couldn't speak badly. But today, you have, you know, AOC plus three, and you have all these lunatics, and they've really, they've changed it," he said.
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