Donald Trump Is Now Openly Praising Terrorists
At some point, the sick and twisted Trump political show has to come to an end. Trump's praise of Hezbollah is a new low.
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Netanyahu Bruised Trump’s Ego
Praising terrorists is nothing new for Trump. The former president thinks that the 1/6 domestic terrorists who attacked the Capitol are heroes. Trump has also lavished praise on Putin, who sponsors terrorism, but it was his recent comments about Hezbollah that caused mainstream media ears to perk up and finally pay attention to what many of us have been saying for years.
Trump has been attacking Israel and their Prime Minister Netanyahu for the last couple of days, and MSNBC’s Jonathan Lemire reported why, “Part of the reason why Trump was critical of Netanyahu in the last couple of days, I am told by someone close to the former president is that Netanyahu had praised President Biden, of course, Trump’s likely rival in 2024. And Trump simply couldn’t stand for that.”
Netanyahu praised Biden, so Trump had to criticize Netanyahu and Israel. Trump criticized Israel’s preparedness for the attacks and complained about the Israeli prime minister.
None of this is surprising to anyone in the United States who has watched Trump in action over the past near decade. Trump’s ego comes ahead of the nation, the national interest, and the safety of others.
However, Trump didn’t stop at criticizing Netanyahu. He also praised terrorists.
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