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Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona.
United States – Foreign Affairs Enters the Race for the White House. This Sunday, August 25, the former president and current Republican candidate for the presidential election in November, Donald Trump, questioned Joe Biden’s and his vice president Kamala Harris, also a Democratic candidate, skills in the management of politics that are alien to the Center . East. Early this Sunday, the Israeli army announced that it would carry out strikes “preventive” in neighboring Lebanon. Two hours later, Lebanese Hezbollah launched an air strike on Israel, firing more than 320 rockets into Israeli soil.
“Who is negotiating for us in the Middle East? Bombs are falling everywhere! » wrote Donald Trump on X on Sunday. “Sleeper Joe sleeps on a California beach, viciously exiled by the Democrats, and Comrade Kamala rides the campaign buses with Tampon Tim, her very bad choice for Vice President” he said. The former president refers to Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race for the White House last July, to the inauguration of Kamala Harris by the Democrats and to his campaign with his candidate, Tim Waltz.
A way for Trump to highlight the responsibility of the Biden administration in the various crises in Israel, Lebanon and Palestine, insinuating that Kamala Harris and the current president would lose interest in foreign affairs to focus on the Democratic campaign in the United States. “Let’s avoid World War 3 because that’s what we’re headed for!” »confirmed the Republican candidate who has struggled in the polls since the election of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.
The United States, staunch ally of Israel
If Donald Trump condemns the Biden administration’s lack of action in the Middle East, the United States nevertheless continues to support Israel in the region. This Sunday, a senior US defense official announced that the US was helping the Israeli army monitor and track Hezbollah fire at the time of the attack this morning. “The United States was not involved in Israel’s pre-emptive strike last night. We provided intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to track incoming attacks from Lebanese Hezbollah.”he told AFP.
The country also continues to ” support Israel’s right to defend itself”, against attacks that come especially from Lebanon or Iran. In Cairo, discussions continue on a cease-fire in Gaza that began on Thursday, August 22, and the United States is one of the mediating countries. AFP notes the presence of CIA Director William Burns and Middle East Coordinator Brett McGurk at the White House.
Joe Biden also made several state visits to the Middle East during his mandate. In 2022, he visited the West Bank, Israel and Saudi Arabia, as is remembered The echoes. Last October, a few days after the October 7 Hamas attack, the president also went to Tel Aviv on a solidarity visit, but had to give up going to Jordan.
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