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President Trump said Monday that he disagrees with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that there is no starvation in Gaza.
What he is saying: "Based on television, I would say not particularly because those children look very hungry," Trump said when asked if he agreed with Netanyahu. Later he said, "There is real starvation in Gaza - you can't fake that."
The big picture: The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worse than ever, and ceasefire talks broke down last week.
He said: “We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever.
“You have bodies lying all over the street, and I say that’s not the way to do it. So we’ll see what happens with that.”
He added: “We’re going to have to look and I’m going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer, what’s going to happen.”
President Trump said Monday that he disagrees with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that there is no starvation in Gaza.
What he is saying: "Based on television, I would say not particularly because those children look very hungry," Trump said when asked if he agreed with Netanyahu. Later he said, "There is real starvation in Gaza - you can't fake that."
The big picture: The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worse than ever, and ceasefire talks broke down last week.
- Trump and his top aides acknowledge privately and publicly that their strategy in Gaza hasn't worked. But they haven't yet decided whether or how to change it.
- Trump added that a ceasefire "is possible" but "you have to end it."
- He suggested on Friday that Israel might have to fight harder to eliminate Hamas, a message that stands in stark contrast to that of Starmer and other the western leaders urging Israel to end the war.
- But he also said Monday that the situation in Gaza "is a mess" and stressed that civilians "have to get food and safety right now."
He said: “We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever.
“You have bodies lying all over the street, and I say that’s not the way to do it. So we’ll see what happens with that.”
He added: “We’re going to have to look and I’m going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer, what’s going to happen.”
