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Monday, July 28, 2025
Trump ‘not particularly’ convinced by Netanyahu’s denial of starvation in Gaza; Hamas stealing a lot of food
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With bagpipes in the background, US President Donald Trump says he doesn’t know if he agrees with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assessment yesterday that there is no starvation in Gaza.
“Based on television, I would say not particularly, because those children look very hungry,” he says, standing alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and wife Victoria at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.
“You have a lot of starving people in Gaza,” says Trump, repeatedly highlighting the US contribution to aid in Gaza.
“We gave $60 million, no one said even thank you,” says Trump. “Other nations have to step up.” He says that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised him that European nations would contribute as well.
Trump says he is “looking for getting people fed right now.”
Trump bemoans that aid has been commandeered by Hamas: “We’ve given a lot of money to Gaza for food and everything else. A lot of that money is stolen by Hamas, and a lot of the food is stolen.”
Starmer and Trump say they will be focusing on Gaza in their meeting. Trump says he won’t take a position on a Palestinian state, but that he doesn’t mind Starmer taking a position.
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