‘I actually don’t know how a person who’s Jewish can vote for her,’ Trump says of Harris during Netanyahu meeting

Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calls recent comments by US Vice President Kamala Harris about the war in Gaza “disrespectful” to Israel, during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida.

“I think her remarks were disrespectful. They weren’t very nice pertaining to Israel. I actually don’t know how a person who’s Jewish can vote for her. But that’s up to them. But she was certainly disrespectful to Israel, in my opinion,” Trump says, according to a readout from the meeting at his home in Palm Beach.

Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, insisted yesterday that she would not be “silent” on suffering in Gaza, in comments made shortly after meeting Netanyahu at the White House.

Her remarks drew furious Israeli complaints that they could complicate efforts to reach a deal with the Hamas terror group to free hostages and end the war in Gaza.

“If we win, it’ll be very simple. It’s all going to work out and very quickly. If we don’t, then you’ll end up with major wars in the Middle East and maybe a third world war. You are closer to a third world war right now than at any time since the Second World War. We’ve never been so close because we have incompetent people running our country,” Trump says before reporters are ushered out.

During the meeting, Netanyahu also thanked Trump for working to promote stability in the Middle East during his term as president, according to the readout.

Jacob Magid contributed to this report.