Trump: 'We moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem. That's for the evangelicals'
Source: The Hill
President Trump said on Monday that he "moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem" for "the evangelicals," appearing to refer to his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and relocate the U.S. embassy there.
The president made the remarks during a rally in Oshkosh, Wisc., on Monday afternoon. The moment came as the president boasted of his administrations performance over the past four years while also railing against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and the previous administration on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
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He went on take aim at the Obama administrations foreign policy with Iran before saying, And we moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem. That's for the evangelicals.
You know it's amazing with that the evangelicals are more excited about that than Jewish people. it's really right, Trump continued.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512452-trump-on-recognizing-jerusalem-as-the-capital-of-israel-thats-for-the
The article goes on to point out that this wasn't the reason Trump gave at the time, when he claimed that the move was "in the best interests of the United States of America and the pursuit of peace between Israel and the Palestinians."
Bev54
(10,053 posts)Demonaut
(8,919 posts)hey! he says, I'm manipulating you
patphil
(6,183 posts)Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capitol in 2017, 37 years later.
Typical of Trump to take credit for something he had no part in.
agingdem
(7,850 posts)allying himself with Trump...Bibi is a corrupt sonofabitch but how did he not know, when every Jew in the immediate world knew that Trump was pandering to the evangelical right when he unilaterally moved our embassy to Jerusalem?...Oh, yes, they love Israel, but the heathen Jews not so much...in their minds, until we Jews accept Jesus as our savior we're all going to hell..never mind that's not much of a threat.....I know Jared is Jewish..that and $1.85 will buy a "tall" cup of something at Starbucks..so what!!...it means absolutely nothing...Jared means nothing...he's a younger better dressed version of his repugnant father-in-law..Trump runs his mouth and 99.99% of the verbal diarrhea he vomits up are lies...this time he spewed the truth..Trump did it for the evangelicals, his reprehensible base...kudos to Bibi...he's a fool
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)that moves the world closer to their supposed "rapture". What a bunch of horse-hockey.
Roy Rolling
(6,918 posts)Hypocrites who back Trump must be so proud of the monster theyve created. They thought theyd employ someone in government to appoint religious judges. Instead, they got someone who led them down the path of irreligiosity and worship of Trump over Jesus.
Its not nice to fool Mother Nature, if you know what I mean.
no_hypocrisy
(46,130 posts)Trump gave them what they wanted. Motivation is irrelevant.
Initech
(100,081 posts)Those of us who aren't batshit crazy evangelicals saw what was happening around Israel when you did that. Such reckless and arrogance just to please a very small percentage of the population.
niyad
(113,370 posts)for three years and seven months, minus two days. Have you all forgotten how to do math????
Now, on to the latest narcissistic insanity. The orange fascist personally moved the capital of another nation? To please religious whacked who are not citizens of that country?? I would think that the leader of that country, if he were not, in fact, as nutso as the traitor, would be highly insulted. As would the people of that country, being regarded as completely irrelevant.
crickets
(25,981 posts)riversedge
(70,245 posts)mountain grammy
(26,626 posts)PatrickforO
(14,578 posts)Sigh.