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Trump made the remarks in an appearance on conservative radio host Sebastian Gorka’s program. Gorka, a former White House aide during the Trump administration, asked the former president about recent Democratic criticism of Israel as it continues its assault on Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.“I actually think they hate Israel,” Trump replied. “And the Democrat party hates Israel.”
“The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after Oct. 7. The world has changed — radically — since then, and the Israeli people are being stifled right now by a governing vision that is stuck in the past,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.“To make Israel a partisan issue only hurts Israel and the US-Israeli relationship,” Schumer said in a statement on X. “Trump is making highly partisan and hateful rants.”Trump is making highly partisan and hateful rants.
“Don’t forget, when you see those Palestinian marches — even I am amazed at how many people are in those marches,” Trump told Gorka. “And guys like Schumer see that, and to him it’s votes. I think it’s votes more than anything else, because he was always pro-Israel. He’s very anti-Israel now.”At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions.
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