Trump blames Biden for crisis in Israel: ‘Grotesque betrayal’

The event came just hours after the former president filed for the state’s first-in-the-nation primary on Monday and just days after Biden held a prime-time address from the Oval Office Thursday night following his trip to Israel.

“Four days ago, crooked Joe Biden gave one of the most dangerous and deluded speeches ever delivered from the Oval Office. It was [a] disaster,” Trump said. “Crooked Joe went before the American people and said that if you want to support Israel, then you have to give a blank check for the proxy war also in Ukraine, having to do with Russia and Ukraine.”

“Joe Biden’s speech was a grotesque betrayal of Israel and a confused mess of neocon warmongering and American-last lunacy,” Trump continued. “Pushing conflict abroad and distracting from his many disasters at home.”

The Biden administration has requested a $106 billion foreign aid package from Congress in the wake of the Oct. 7 surprise Hamas attack against Israel launching war in the Middle East. The package includes $61.4 billion for Ukraine in its war against Russia and $14.3 billion for Israel, which Trump opposes.

During his speech, Trump mocked Biden, claiming he “can’t even walk up the children’s stairs on Air Force One,” mocked television networks for commenting on Biden’s Israel speech and State of the Union address, then later slammed progressive Democrats who have expressed sympathy for Gaza such as Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) as “crazy.”

The former president stated he would avert a world war, impose sanctions on Iran, unlock American energy, and reinstate his controversial 2017 ban on countries with Muslim majorities if he were reelected. “I will immediately reinstate all sanctions on the murderous Iranian regime. We have to do that until we have a deal,” Trump said. “If you will not enforce sanctions against Iran, then you do not stand with Israel. It’s that simple.”

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