Why does Trump give so much support to Netanyahu and Israel

It's not true to say that the war in Iran is not to the benefit of any country but Israel. It is entirely to the benefit of the US as a global power concerned very much with the role of China and Russia on the international stage. Trump has admitted that he pushed Israel on 28th February to launch their missiles so that the US could come in with support immediately, and in return expect retaliation on US bases that would justify further US intervention. The US wants Iran to be less cohesive, less of a power so that should it become too friendly with China its threat is less.
It's all smoke and mirrors with the US president, and not lost on me is the fact that Hilary Clinton in her deposition on 25 February, called for him to be questioned on the Epstein files and that piece of news very quickly dissolved with the outbreak of the US-Israel war on Iran three days later. Just saying.

Because Trump is stupid.

Fallingstar

I know is probably unreasonable but I can’t help blaming the MAGA supporters who voted for this imbecile. Is not just Trump’s fault, they voted for him. Which means a sizeable portion of US voters are capable of causing this kind of worldwide havoc.
I think we all need to rethink our relationship with this so called ally because Trump will go at the next election but his supporters aren’t going anywhere.

I agree

StoneofDestiny

The war was started by Israel and the USA. They are in cahoots and the life of innocents means little to them - justifiable collateral. The war is illegal - no declaration of war was issued, it was called without consultation with Senate or consultation with other countries they now demand cooperation from.
Let’s not forget Netanyahu is a war criminal. Trump is under investigation for his mentions in the Epstein Files - was a great distraction this allows Trump.
Never more apparent than it is now that us leaving Europe was a disaster - the consequences of that move has left us isolated and vulnerable.
Trump
Has been trying to start a war for some time - anywhere - he has antagonised Greenland, Canada and South America - laughable he set up a ‘board of peace’ having done all he could to denigrate the United Nations.
We do not need the US as an ally - under Trump they cannot be trusted.
Meanwhile in Israel, they are grabbing land of Palestinians with impunity and Gaza is being left to rot!

Thank you StoneofDestiny for summarising exactly how I feel.

StoneofDestiny

The war was started by Israel and the USA. They are in cahoots and the life of innocents means little to them - justifiable collateral. The war is illegal - no declaration of war was issued, it was called without consultation with Senate or consultation with other countries they now demand cooperation from.
Let’s not forget Netanyahu is a war criminal. Trump is under investigation for his mentions in the Epstein Files - was a great distraction this allows Trump.
Never more apparent than it is now that us leaving Europe was a disaster - the consequences of that move has left us isolated and vulnerable.
Trump
Has been trying to start a war for some time - anywhere - he has antagonised Greenland, Canada and South America - laughable he set up a ‘board of peace’ having done all he could to denigrate the United Nations.
We do not need the US as an ally - under Trump they cannot be trusted.
Meanwhile in Israel, they are grabbing land of Palestinians with impunity and Gaza is being left to rot!

Fantastic post! I agree with every word.

Arto1s

Why shouldn’t the USA ally themselves with Israel? Would you rather they joined forces with terrorists?

Good grief! Not Israel persay, it’s Netanyahu who is the issue, it’s the Trump and Netanyahu duo which I feel worries most people!

Jews in America are only 2% of the population, they punch above their weight in community involvement, education and voter turnout …voting Democrat.

The Evangelical Christian presence however is vast (about 58 million) and they believe in ‘Israel’ as it’s in the bible and therefore God protected ..and they vote Republican.

Whether Trump believes that or not is irrelevant, that is where he gets the votes. And that is why Israel is heavily supported. It is by the evangelical Christians.

So, in terms of the historic battles of the Abrahamic religions: the Christians initially won the biggest world share, pursuing and destroying Jews internally and fighting Muslims externally, for new lands to conquer.
Since then most Jews and Christians have felt safe ditching religious dogma, becoming secular, multicultural and liberal whereas Muslims rarely have. They tend to be more religious and therefore patriarchal. Ironically it is the Muslims who are being supported by young ‘progressives’ somehow not believing how reactionary and powerful Muslim States can be by dictat only seeing them as victims of Israel. The obvious suffering of Afghan and Iranian women has not been enough.
it is not Islamophobic to see Islam’s massive growth in world power. And that will not be good for half the human race, for their freedoms, their education or their autonomy. I think that’s worth fighting for.

Well said StoneofDestiny.

Thank you for such a thoughtful post on this serious issue.

There’s certainly a rambling woman talking to a select committee at the moment. Completely clueless. Our Rachel…..

Hamas. All male. Hezbollah male.

Maremia

The person with Trump derangement syndrome is Trump.
Have you been able to actually listen all the way through to any of his recent demented ramblings?
Have you been able to make any sense of them?

Can You imagine an elderly, rambling woman ordering the death of thousands of people?

Spot on StoneofDestiny.

I agree with everything StoneofDestiny has posted.

Good post StoneofDestiny

Good post StoneofDestiny.

The person with Trump derangement syndrome is Trump.
Have you been able to actually listen all the way through to any of his recent demented ramblings?
Have you been able to make any sense of them?

The war was started by Israel and the USA. They are in cahoots and the life of innocents means little to them - justifiable collateral. The war is illegal - no declaration of war was issued, it was called without consultation with Senate or consultation with other countries they now demand cooperation from.
Let’s not forget Netanyahu is a war criminal. Trump is under investigation for his mentions in the Epstein Files - was a great distraction this allows Trump.
Never more apparent than it is now that us leaving Europe was a disaster - the consequences of that move has left us isolated and vulnerable.
Trump
Has been trying to start a war for some time - anywhere - he has antagonised Greenland, Canada and South America - laughable he set up a ‘board of peace’ having done all he could to denigrate the United Nations.
We do not need the US as an ally - under Trump they cannot be trusted.
Meanwhile in Israel, they are grabbing land of Palestinians with impunity and Gaza is being left to rot!

sixandahalf

So if, it's not Israel's war why don't they just say No Thanks?

It is Israel's war Netenyahu encouraged Trump to attack on a large scale and Israel is doing a lot of the fighting.
The objective is to remove the nuclear weapon threat from Iran and end the terrorism that Iran promotes. Israel is in the front line of both of those threats.

All of us would benefit from regime change in Iran if they agreed to stop the nuclear programme, sponsoring terrorist activity and allow verification the war would end. Islamic terrorism costs us all a great deal many governments are destabilized by Irans extremist ideology, it needs to end.

Why shouldn’t the USA ally themselves with Israel? Would you rather they joined forces with terrorists?

So if, it's not Israel's war why don't they just say No Thanks?

Mcbab

ronib

Trump derangement syndrome having its day ….

It sure is. I know people, who are otherwise quite sane, who have literally been driven quite crazy by their TDS😉 ! Their reason goes out the window !

Are you sure they were sane to start with?😁😜

AllyTrevally

The Washington Post is left-leaning and anti-Trump. It’s like expecting the Telegraph to write glowingly about Starmer, forget it.

Trump is his own man and may change his mind tomorrow, get bored or wander off, who knows. This is not Israel’s War but the tiny country is surrounded by countries hostile to it who want to see it wiped out. If you were having rockets and missiles raining down on your home from Ireland and Scotland, you suffered a murderous incursion from Wales killing 1200 British civilians, would you support the Irish because of the Troubles and sympathise with the Scots? Hardly.

If you single out Netanyahu, it shows something about your political views. You can choose to say nothing because unless you have lived in the region, you have no idea.

Well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

ronib

Trump derangement syndrome having its day ….

It sure is. I know people, who are otherwise quite sane, who have literally been driven quite crazy by their TDS😉 ! Their reason goes out the window !

His pal Putin now has a smile on his face too... All his oil is suddenly ok again for some countries. Disgusting. I hope we finally get to know what he has on Trump, must be something...

meddijess

I watched a documentary last year that suggested that (believe it or not) Trump is a born-again Christian, and the evangelicals in the US are convinced that the End of Days is coming - and it will start in Meggido, Israel. In other words, Armageddon. Apparently US citizens (non-Jewish) have bought up a lot of land, and thoroughly support Netenyahu's government. It made a lot of sense when I saw it.

I finally dumped Fakebook due to Meta pushing a lot of very evangelical AI posts into my feed.

There's a small but vocal sub-set of American people who truly believe that they are part of the Select who will get to head upwards and the rest of the world need to report to their local Handbasket Loading Station.