There is absolutely no scenario in which Trump decreases funding for Israel. He was in many ways the most Zionist president to ever exist.
When he handed Jerusalem to Israel, he broke with decades of strategic resistance from the US because he didn’t understand the instability it would create, and wanted to give Israel whatever it wants.
His current position is that Netanyahu is to blame for allowing harm to come to Israeli civilians. Not that Israel is bad for genociding Palestinians for 75 years. His fear is that Netanyahu is reckless and creating instability that might result in Palestinian liberation rather than their slow, competent strangulation by more “liberal” Israelis.
I know he’s not the President now, and Joe Biden is evil, but can we at least try and remain committed to the goal of independent working class power? We didn’t tail Biden in order to “stop Trump”, and we shouldn’t tail Trump to stop the Democrats.
This weird idea that Trump is less of an enemy towards the Global South because he did a few symbolic things like meet Kim Jong Un and tried to extort Zelensky needs to die. That’s just him being chaotic.
He’s the one that started providing Ukraine lethal military aid. He started the policy of US military invasion “games” aimed at the DPRK. He attempted coups, loudly assassinated Soleimani, and claimed Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
This weird idea that Trump is less of an enemy towards the Global South because he did a few symbolic things
Exactly. I used to take that exact line. Then a friend of mine pointed out that, really, the very best you can say of Trump – and it’s being generous – is that he has some instincts toward realpolitik and political pragmatism, which in principle would at least make him better than the neocons (who are totally delusional and driven by ideology). However, Trump also wants to be respected, and he’s terminally insecure, so he bowed to the neocons at pretty much every major juncture. Which completely obviates any reason one might have for supporting him.
Contrarianism or antisemitism, if he stops at least partially funding Israel when he is in office it would still be good for Palestine.
There is absolutely no scenario in which Trump decreases funding for Israel. He was in many ways the most Zionist president to ever exist.
When he handed Jerusalem to Israel, he broke with decades of strategic resistance from the US because he didn’t understand the instability it would create, and wanted to give Israel whatever it wants.
His current position is that Netanyahu is to blame for allowing harm to come to Israeli civilians. Not that Israel is bad for genociding Palestinians for 75 years. His fear is that Netanyahu is reckless and creating instability that might result in Palestinian liberation rather than their slow, competent strangulation by more “liberal” Israelis.
I know he’s not the President now, and Joe Biden is evil, but can we at least try and remain committed to the goal of independent working class power? We didn’t tail Biden in order to “stop Trump”, and we shouldn’t tail Trump to stop the Democrats.
This weird idea that Trump is less of an enemy towards the Global South because he did a few symbolic things like meet Kim Jong Un and tried to extort Zelensky needs to die. That’s just him being chaotic.
He’s the one that started providing Ukraine lethal military aid. He started the policy of US military invasion “games” aimed at the DPRK. He attempted coups, loudly assassinated Soleimani, and claimed Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Exactly. I used to take that exact line. Then a friend of mine pointed out that, really, the very best you can say of Trump – and it’s being generous – is that he has some instincts toward realpolitik and political pragmatism, which in principle would at least make him better than the neocons (who are totally delusional and driven by ideology). However, Trump also wants to be respected, and he’s terminally insecure, so he bowed to the neocons at pretty much every major juncture. Which completely obviates any reason one might have for supporting him.