The world is on fire and there is no shortage of arsonists willing to throw more fuel on the fire. Like Donald Trump, who is now exacting his toll on his former friend Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel in order to project himself as a messiah.
He insisted on his lie: if the election had not been stolen from him and he had been in the White House, Hamas would not have attacked. He even, causing general embarrassment, praised Hizbullah, a pro-Iranian militia, for being "very clever".
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, is facing a crossroads that can catapult or bury him in his re-election.
They coincide with the possible financial closure of the Government (date: November 17), the disorder in the Lower House with quarreling Republicans, the difficulty in continuing to support Kyiv, the tension with China over Taiwan or the "invasion" of immigrants along the southern border.
In this context, the conflict breaks out in the Middle East in which he acts as a tightrope walker. He makes three speeches expressing absolute solidarity with Israel, proclaiming its right to defend itself, but suggesting that, in retaliation, international law and the laws of war must be respected. At all times he has avoided criticizing in order not to break the harmony of the tragedy with the Israeli prime minister, with whom, until today, there was great distrust. In any case, there will be time for regrets, not today with the blood still hot.
Biden assumes the institutional role of the White House. Instead, Trump, who boasted so much about his friendship with Netanyahu and in another proof of his low regard for other people's pain, lashed out at the Israeli leader, bait for his rally in West Palm Beach (Florida).
Although he has always presented himself as a fierce defender of Israel, particularly in response to accusations of anti-Semitism, he on Wednesday night assumed the role of a transgressor, even among his own, for charging against Netanyahu after the 'Islamist aggression.
Trump told his fans about his grievance with Israel. He sidelined the US, he said, when he ordered the 2020 drone strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top security and spy chief. Trump said Israel had been working with Washington on the plan, but then received a call saying the allied government would not participate. "I will never forget it", he proclaimed in front of his followers. "I will never forget that Bibi Netanyahu disappointed us. This was a terrible thing", he stressed.
The former president accused Israeli intelligence of its mistake in not having anticipated the terrorist attack. "They have to fix this, thousands of people know their deficiencies," he said at his rally in an area of Florida that hosts many Jews.
His opinion was the usual one. Biden is to blame for everything and he insisted on the falsehood that his government gave funds to Iran, which supports Hamas. He also attributed to the president, and possible rival in 2024, the skirmishes on Israel's northern border, which Trump attributed to Hezbollah, the pro-Iranian militia in Lebanon, which aims to destroy the Jewish state, a group he praised for repeatedly
Some contenders for the Republican nomination responded to Trump. “Terrorists have killed more than 1,200 Israelis and 22 Americans and are holding hostages. It is absurd that anyone, much less someone in the race for president, would choose to attack our friend and ally, Israel, let alone praise Hizbullah,” said RonDeSantis. Former Vice President Mike Pence intervened: "Hizbullah is not intelligent, it is evil".
