Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli says he would vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming US presidential election if he could.
“The US is not projecting strength under [Joe Biden’s] leadership, and it’s harming Israel and other countries,” Chikli, of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, tells Kan Radio.
“He said ‘Don’t’ at the start of the war — to Hezbollah, as well as Iran. We saw the result. If I were an American citizen with the right to vote I’d vote for Trump and Republicans,” he says.
The unusual comment by an Israeli minister stepping into American internal political discourse came hours after the US Senate under Biden approved billions in military aid to Israel.
“Biden is a friend of Israel, but he’s under intense pressure that is affecting him and creating real damage to relations between the countries,” Chikli says.
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