A statement from the White House tenant. On his Truth Social network, Donald Trump asserted on Monday, April 20 that Israel had “never convinced him” to strike Iran at the end of February. This statement comes two weeks after the publication of a long story by The New York Times. According to the American newspaper, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu influenced the billionaire during a visit to Washington a few days before the first bombings in Tehran.
According to The New York Times, Donald Trump was impressed by the potential of the Israeli armed forces and intelligence services. To the point of not listening to the warnings and reservations of his own administration.
“You know that I think it’s a bad idea, but if you want to do it, I will support you,” Vice President J.D. Vance reportedly said at a final meeting in the Situation Room on Thursday, February 26.
“Israel never convinced me to go to war with Iran. The results of October 7 only reinforced my longstanding belief that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS,” Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social network this Monday.
“I look at and read FAKE NEWS with complete incredulity,” continued the White House tenant, claiming that “90% of what the experts say are lies and made-up stories. And the polls are rigged, like the 2020 presidential election.”
Over the weekend, Donald Trump had already defended the Israeli state in another post on his social network.
“Whether people like Israel or not, this country has proven to be a GREAT ally of the United States of America. They are brave, bold, loyal, and intelligent, and unlike others who have shown their true colors in times of conflict and tension, Israel fights with determination and knows how to WIN!” the White House tenant posted on Sunday.
A part of the far right very critical.
These words are not trivial: soon, two months after the start of the war in Iran, a portion of the American far right is beginning to turn away from Donald Trump, who campaigned on an isolationist stance against Kamala Harris in 2024. Former Trump supporters, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, are becoming increasingly critical of Israel.
However, six months before the mid-term elections, Donald Trump will need as many votes as possible to try to retain a Republican majority in the House of Representatives and Senate.
And the polls, described as “rigged” by the billionaire, are not good. About 6 out of 10 Americans are not satisfied with Donald Trump’s actions at the White House. An unpopularity that “dates back before the start of the war in Iran,” noted Clifford Young in mid-April, director of opinion polls for Ipsos in the United States.
“Donald Trump campaigned on the cost of living, but the working class and the middle class still feel pushed to the edge,” explained the pollster, as the consequences of the war in Iran on the daily lives of Americans are being felt.
