Trump repeats assertion Jews shouldn’t back Democrats, claims Harris refusing to meet Netanyahu

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is repeating his assertion that no American who is Jewish should support Democrats over their stance on Israel.

Asked during a Newsmax telephone interview Tuesday evening how bad Democrats’ agenda is for “international affairs and our allies, such as Israel.” Trump answers:

“Well, it’s amazing actually, that they, that any Jewish person, any person that is Jewish, and frankly, that has even a little respect — because, you know, this country, a lot of Jewish people are not big fans of Israel, which is something that they’ve never been able to explain to me — but that any Jewish person or any person that believes in Israel and loves Israel can even think about voting for a Democrat.”

The former president also claims that Vice President Kamala Harris is “refusing to meet” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his US visit, though the two are scheduled to meet Thursday.

Harris, however, will not be present when Netanyahu addresses a joint session on Congress Wednesday, due to what her office says is a previously scheduled campaign event in Indianapolis.

Newsmax host Sebastian Gorka, who worked in Trump’s administration, does not ask the former president why his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, would not be in attendance for Netanyahu’s speech before Congress.

Addressing Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza, Trump says, “You got to get it settled. You got to get it finished. You got to get it over with. They’ve got to do their job.”