Former President Trump on Saturday called Vice President Kamala Harris’ meeting with the Israeli prime minister “deeply insulting” and accused the White House of disrespecting its Mideast allies.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He met with both Presidents Biden and Harris in Washington, DC on Thursday.
“Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had a terribly ‘insulting’ meeting in Washington with Senator Kamala Harris, who refused to preside over Congress during the Vice President’s speech, which is her duty as Vice President. This doesn’t happen very often,” Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social.
Netanyahu outraged by VP Harris’ Israeli comments, White House fires back
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington, DC (Amos Ben Gershom (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu Agency)
“Her incompetence will prolong the war and delay the release of the hostages,” the former president continued. “The same people who embarrassed us with their gross incompetence in Afghanistan are now telling Israel not to fight Hamas any more. They’re telling us to forget about October 7th!”
The post put the word “insulting” in quotation marks, but it is unclear whether Trump intended to quote the prime minister directly. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
An Israeli official told Axios that Netanyahu was unhappy with Harris’ references to civilian deaths in Gaza and the “dire humanitarian situation on the ground.”
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Former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, spoke on the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancia)
The White House refuted those reports on Friday, with an aide telling Fox News, “We don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Trump also reiterated his previously stated belief that he is the only reasonable candidate for Jewish Americans, and he said the same about Catholic Americans.
“Any Jews who vote for Kamala or any Democrat should have their heads checked immediately. Likewise, Catholics who are being persecuted by the current administration should not vote for the far-left Kamala. Vote for Trump in 2024. Make America Great Again!!!”
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Former President Trump (left) poses for a photo while shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. (Amos Ben Gershom (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The White House meeting came ahead of Netanyahu and President Trump meeting on Friday at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this report.
