Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden’s stance on Israel, accusing him of abandoning the country.
Trump argued that Biden’s call for a ceasefire without securing a hostage deal showed poor leadership.
The former president said Jews who vote Democratic have their “head examined” and do not truly support Israel.
“Biden has totally lost control of the Israel situation,” Trump said. “He has abandoned Israel, he has totally abandoned Israel, and frankly you know he’s a low-IQ individual.”
“He has no idea where he is and who he is supporting,” he added. “He doesn’t know if he is supporting the Palestinians but he knows one thing: he is not supporting Israel. He has abandoned Israel and any Jewish person that votes for a Democrat or votes for Biden should have their head examined.”
Trump reiterated his full support for Israel’s war against Hamas, saying the country needs to “finish” the conflict.
He has blamed Biden’s election for halting further progress on the Abraham Accords that had begun establishing more peace in the Middle East under Trump.
“What I’m calling for is for the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks, total access to all food and medicine going into the country,” Biden said. “I’ve spoken with everyone from the Saudis to the Jordanians to the Egyptians. They’re prepared to move in.”
Trump portrayed Biden as weak on Israel and argued Jewish-American voters should support Republicans who take a harder line in backing Israel.
“Any Jewish person that votes for Biden does not love Israel and frankly, should be spoken to,” Trump said. “How a Jewish person can vote for Biden or a Democrat because they are on the side 100% of the Palestinians”
“Frankly, it’s incredible that historically Jewish people vote for Democrats. I don’t understand that,” he added. “Maybe it’s just a bad habit when you vote for a Democrat, but I don’t know how anybody that is Jewish votes for a Democrat.”
“And I will say, Israel has to be very careful, because you’re losing a lot of the world, you’re losing a lot of support, you have to finish up, you have to get the job done,” he said. “And you have to get on to peace, to get on to a normal life for Israel, and for everybody else.”
