Republican Jewish Coalition executive director Matt Brooks dismisses a recently published “fuck him” remarks made by former US president Donald Trump against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “nothingburger.”
“Nothing in this story diminishes the historic accomplishments the two accomplished together, the fact that Trump was the most pro-Israel president EVER and received a historic share of the Jewish vote in Florida that helped him carry the state,” Brooks tells Haaretz.
In an interview with Israeli reporter Barak Ravid for the latter’s new book, Trump lambasts Netanyahu for congratulating US President Joe Biden on his election victory.
“The man that I did more for than any other person I dealt with,” Trump said. “I haven’t spoken to him since… Fuck him.”
Trump also told Ravid that Netanyahu wasn’t really interested in peace with the Palestinians, unlike Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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