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Sunday, October 20, 2024
Trump confirms Netanyahu call, says PM smartly disregarded Biden’s advice on war
US presidential candidate Donald Trump confirms during a rally in Pennsylvania that he spoke on the phone Saturday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump criticizes US President Joe Biden for telling Netanyahu “don’t do this, don’t do that” regarding the war against Hamas in Gaza and against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“Bibi didn’t listen to him and I’ll tell you what, they’re in a much stronger position now than they were three months ago… nobody’s ever seen anything like that,” Trump says, likely referring to the series of assassinations of terror chiefs and other blows to the Iran-backed terror groups.
“He said, ‘It’s incredible what’s happened,’ and I said, ‘It’s pretty incredible,” Trump says of the Netanyahu call, adding: “But he wouldn’t listen to Biden, because if he did, they wouldn’t be in this position.”
Trump said he talked to Nentanyahu today and Bibi told him he's not listening to Biden pic.twitter.com/mlrP2xl4LB
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 19, 2024
AP contributed to this report.
