Signaling that Israel and Middle East policy will be at the forefront of an increasingly bitter campaign, Donald Trump says Iran is the dominant Islamic power in the Middle East and is on the road to nuclear weapons because of Hillary Clinton.
He says Clinton was corrupted by donations from the Muslim and Arab world to her husband’s charitable foundation, although at least one instance he cited as a gift to Clinton – $58,000 in jewelry from Brunei – was, according to the New York Times, a gift to the State Department and not for Clinton’s use.
Presumptive Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an event at Trump SoHo Hotel, New York City, June 22, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
Describing the world in 2009 at the outset of Barack Obama’s presidency and Clinton’s stint as secretary of state, he says, “Iran was being choked by sanctions.” Now, he says, “Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Iran is now the dominant Islamic power in the Middle East, and on the road to nuclear weapons.”
Criticizing the role Hillary played in the changing the Middle East, Trump says “Egypt was governed by a friendly regime that honored its peace treaty with Israel, something very nice, because by the way, Israel has been totally mistreated by the United States.”
The Hosni Mubarak regime honored the Camp David peace treaty, but so did its successors. Most experts see as inevitable the revolution that toppled Mubarak in 2011.
–JTA
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