Donald Trump’s decision to use the occasion of the worst single-day slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust to heap criticism upon Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a useful reminder of where the former president’s instincts always take him.
In interviews and speeches, Trump attacked Netanyahu because he was “not prepared” for the October 7 attack. Netanyahu “let us down,” the former president said, when he failed to participate in the strike that neutralized Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Qasem Soleimani. Trump criticized the Israeli intelligence services for letting indications of the attack “slip by” them. He remarked upon how “very smart” it was for Hezbollah to attack Israel from the north, though Hezbollah had not yet actually joined the fight. “If the election wasn’t rigged, there would be nobody even thinking about going into Israel,” Trump added.
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