No. of Recommendations: 2
As usual, WTF is this idiot saying?
Across transatlantic diplomatic channels this week, all the chatter was: Is the big dog getting a li’l eh on Israel, too? Is he giving the wisdom of Israel’s tactics a li’l rethink? In an interview with a right-wing Israeli news outlet, Trump raised some eyebrows by saying “you have to finish up your war,” and “you have to get it done. We have to get to peace. We can’t have this going on.” This rhetoric, according to one of the interviewers, “shocked us deeply.” Trump reiterated this argument in a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt this week. “Get it over with and let’s get back to peace and stop killing people. And that’s a very simple statement,” Trump said. “They have to get it done. Get it over with and get it over with fast because we have to—you have to get back to normalcy and peace.” He warned that Israel was “absolutely losing the PR war.” Much to chew on. But in his most trenchant analysis during the Hewitt interview, Trump explained that years ago he sold his luxury yacht because he preferred playing golf to yachting. “The problem I had is I play golf, and you can’t play golf and have a yacht, because you want to play golf, then you’re supposed to go on the yacht,” he explained. “You’d rather play golf.” This is so simple, yet so expertly put. Why go on a boat when you can play golf? Anyway, we’ll see what happens with Israel.
From Slate's The Surge
