Rolling Stone: “Trump has had phone calls with various pro-Israel GOP allies and donors who want to know what Trump would do on Israeli-Palestinian matters if he’s reelected. The former president has relayed ideas — including cutting off all aid to Palestinians and encouraging other nations to do the same, or capturing and extraditing certain Hamas figures — that he has recently discussed with certain policy advisers. But during these private conversations, Trump has also spent an inordinate amount of time aggressively trashing Netanyahu.”
“In a recurring comment that Trump has yet to voice publicly, the former president — and former close ally and supporter of the Israeli PM — has repeatedly expressed his strong desire for Netanyahu to be gone by the time Trump would potentially be back in office in 2025… Since the attack, Trump has said Netanyahu should be ‘impeached’ by the Israeli parliament because Hamas’ shocking assault, which was preceded by an apparently catastrophic intelligence failure on the part of Netanyahu’s government, occurred on his watch.”
“Trump has also asked multiple longtime advisers if he should now publicly call for Netanyahu to step down as prime minister immediately.”
