He may not be in office, but Donald Trump has been speaking with the powers that be about Israel’s war on Gaza—but it’s not in an effort to end the genocide.

Instead, Trump has allegedly been talking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avert a cease-fire deal, fearing that doing so could help Vice President Kamala Harris win in November, according to PBS.

“The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the Prime Minister of Israel, urging him not to cut a deal right now, because it’s believed that would help the Harris campaign,” said PBS’s Judy Woodruff Monday night. “So, I don’t know where—who knows whether that will come about or not, but I have to think that the Harris campaign would like for President Biden to do what presidents do, and that’s to work on that one.”

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      Is it ok for Democrats to continue financing a genocide because Trump said he’d do it, too?

      Biden isn’t even in the race anymore. Why are you still trying to defend him?

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          Yeah let me join the downvote crowd. The most powerful military and the largest economy in the world is unable to stop its vassal state from carrying out a genocide for 10 months. But if I vote for this cop and her soldier friend instead of a real estate guy, we’ll magically change our ways and the bombs will stop falling. I have a bridge to sell you.

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              “Trump made a call to Netanyahu to tell him to do the things he was going to do anyway. This is possibly illegal (but he won’t be prosecuted for it so it isn’t illegal in an tangible sense).”

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                  Netanyahu has expressed no support for a ceasefire, going so far as to greenlight the assassination of the lead Palestinian diplomat.

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            K let me try and put this as simply as I can, so that you fucking acorns can understand:

            Joe Biden is working towards a cease-fire. That is a fact.

            Donald Trump is actively discouraging Netanyahu from agreeing to a cease-fire. That is a fact. No bridges there.

            You people are condemning Joe Biden, the guy now actively working towards a cease-fire.

            You people are not condemning Donald Trump, the guy actively interfering with a cease-fire.

            To reiterate, Donald Trump is actively, publicly, and aggressively supporting genocide, and Joe Biden is trying to get a cease-fire enacted, yet you Genocide Joe sycophants can’t see past your own biases to realize that.

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              Joe Biden is working towards a cease-fire. That is a fact.

              He just sent them $20B in new arms exports.

              FFS, Americans are the most propagandized people on earth. You’ll believe absolutely anything, except the truth.

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                  And Trump is interfering with a ceasefire.

                  Netanyahu has not demonstrated any interest in a ceasefire. Blaming this on Trump deflects the strong Israeli support for further genocide of the Gaza people.

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    Netanyahu revealing which part of the US he’s really an “ally” of. Maybe stop giving blank checks to a foreign power destabilizing your country while you only hand out loans and debt to Ukraine?

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    It’s ridiculous to blame Trump for the lack of a ceasefire between Palestine and Israel. Why not just blame Trump for the war in Ukraine as well or the stolen election in Venezuela.

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      Why not just blame Trump for the war in Ukraine

      I’ve heard more than one Lemmy-ite make this claim. Of course, I’ve also heard any criticism of the Israel genocide is the product of Russian botnets and Iranian sleeper agents.

      The scapegoating is off the charts. Anything I don’t want to think about is due to a nefarious foreigners and their kompromat fifth columnists at home.