Donald Trump commented on Iran’s airstrike against Israel on Saturday evening.
“ISRAEL IS UNDER ATTACK,” the former president declared on his social media platform, Truth Social. “This should never have been allowed to happen. This would never have happened if I were president!”
Mr. Trump’s remarks came after the Israeli Defense Forces announced that Iran had launched dozens of drones against Israel. The United States has since pledged its support for Israel.
“President Biden has been clear: our support for Israel’s security is ironclad,” National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson said.”The United States will support Israel’s defense against Iran’s threats.”
Mr. Trump enthusiastically supported Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza in the days following Hamas’s October 7 attack, which killed 1,200 people and kidnapped over 200 others.
However, Mr. Trump’s recent comments, coming after more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed, could be interpreted as evidence that his unwavering support for Israel is not guaranteed.
“You’ve got to get it over with, and you’ve got to get back to normalcy,” Mr. Trump told The Hugh Hewitt Show earlier this month. The former president urged Israel to “return to peace and stop killing people.”
On Truth Social, Mr. Trump also inexplicably attacked Mr. Biden for delivering a “taped” speech to the people.
However, Mr. Biden has not addressed the nation since Iran’s attack, and he is not expected to do so on Saturday evening.
“After reading my truth, Biden’s handlers convinced him not to release his taped speech on ISRAEL,” Mr. Trump wrote. “He’ll now attempt to do it live, probably tomorrow. He does not want to leave his house, with the Corvette, in Delaware!!!”
Mr. Biden had already left Delaware, where he had planned to spend the weekend, by Saturday evening, cutting his trip short to deal with the Iran crisis.
The president has arrived at the White House, where he is scheduled to meet with his national security team, according to an administration spokesperson.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a staunch Trump ally, has attempted to blame Mr. Biden for Iran’s attacks.
“The Biden Administration’s undermining of Israel and appeasement of Iran have contributed to these terrible developments,” Mr. Johnson said in a statement released Saturday evening.
In recent weeks, there has been an increase in the level of tension that exists between Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Biden.
The President of the United States issued a call for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza this week in order to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
Even so, it seems as though he is still on the verge of concluding a deal to sell fighter jets to Israel for a total of $18 billion, a transaction that the administration claims has been in the works for years.
Additionally, It was also revealed from the sources that this week exclusively on eight internal dissent memos sent by US State Department employees during the first two months of the Gaza war, highlighting the department’s strong opposition to the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza.