Hypocrisy Thy Name Is Trump
In some ways it is refreshing to have a president who is so profoundly ignorant that one’s expectations regarding what good policies might actually come out of the federal government are really, really low. It took Donald Trump six months to accept the reality of the slaughter going on in Gaza where Israel is killing roughly one hundred Palestinians every day whose only crime is that they are looking for food, water and shelter. Admittedly Trump has actually been bold enough to challenge his Israeli masters by declaring that videos from Gaza show a lot of people who Trump admitted were “starving”, and promised to “take care” of it. Yet he has done nothing but support the Israeli blockade and repress or even deport any voices in America who protest against the war crimes. And right before Trump promised to “take care” of starving Palestinians, an Israeli official described his pleasure to report that when it came to pressuring Israel “to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, Trump [has] made no such requests.” So the killing continues, financed armed and supported by Donald J Trump just as was the case under Genocide Joe Biden.
Indeed, instead of pushing Israel to allow in aid, Trump partnered with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to destroy the existing United Nations system for delivering it. As Trump took office in January, Israel banned access to Gaza by the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, and Netanyahu was and still is backed up by Trump. Trump’s chief negotiator Steve Witkoff has boasted that there is “no space” between the president and Netanyahu on handling the Gaza issue, with Trump continuing to call on the Israelis to “finish the job,” which clearly means doing whatever necessary to get rid of the Palestinian “problem.” Trump has also made clear that Israel will “manage” and “preside over” the distribution of goods as part of its security measures to keep Hamas from stealing the food, which is a lie that has been heavily promoted by Israel. Armed Israeli settlers have also been given a green light to intercept and blockade food and medicine convoys as they approach the Gaza border.
Trump’s odd pledge to provide assistance to Gaza came as he sat alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week. He said “I know your nation’s joining us, and we have all of the European nations joining us, and others also called and they want to be helpful. So we’re going to set up food centers and where the people can walk in and no boundaries. We’re not going to have fences.” He elaborated “We’re going to be getting some good, strong food. We can save a lot of people. Some of those kids — that’s real starvation.” Trump earlier last Monday had been asked if he agreed with Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments that there was no starvation in Gaza. He responded somewhat incoherently “I mean, based on television, I would say not particularly, because those children look very hungry.”
And it is certain that the children will stay hungry as Israel concentrates the Gazan population into restricted areas that will become death traps. Trump’s way of discussing the Gaza issue is, characteristically, very awkward and poorly expressed with “good, strong food” and “no boundaries…no fences.” His pledge to provide aid is also basically a lie or a “misspoke” as Trump has deferred to Israel in terms of how the flow of assistance will actually work. The reality is that both Trump and Starmer are reacting to popular sentiment in both the UK and the US, where voters have been rapidly losing any sympathy they might have had fo
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