Trump's Bromance With Netanyahu
August 23, 2025โข403 words
โThe accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.โ - Bess Myerson
โThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.โ - Albert Camus
โWhen you see a man seeking power and riches at the expense of his conscience, you can be sure he has already betrayed the people.โ - Marcus Tullius Cicero
โThe world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people.โ - Napoleon Bonaparte
โEvery war, just or unjust, is fought in the name of peace and freedom. Every leader, guilty or innocent, insists he is a victim of persecution.โ - Chris Hedges
Donald Trump's admiration for Benjamin Netanyahu stems from the unconditional calculation of power, loyalty, and collective history rather than morality. He describes Netanyahu as a warrior under siege from both foreign and domestic enemies, calling him a "war hero," and he brushes off accusations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and corruption trials as nothing more than political persecution. By saying, "I guess I am too," Trump merges himself into that same narrative, blurring the distinction between statesman and world pariah. He is more concerned with the man's defiant demeanour, his refusal to compromise, the relationship they have built through their previous business dealings, Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights than he is with the international legality of Netanyahu's actions. The scene of the Israeli PM defiance overshadows the horrors of starvation, mass killing, and genocide of Christian and Muslim Palestinians.
Trump is not blind, though. As if to remind the world that he has a fake threshold, however low, he calls the images of starving children in Gaza as "terrible" and "cold-hearted." Even this moment of recognition, however, is premeditated; it is a gesture toward optics rather than justice. Trump defends Netanyahu because their fates are intertwined and he understands that undermining the Israeli leader would undermine his own defence against judges, prosecutors, and "witch hunts." Their alliance is about Trump's concept of the besieged ruler who perseveres through willpower. Trump does not care about Christians and Muslim Palestinians of any ages in Palestine or anywhere else in the Middle East. In fact, he has a hatred of Palestinian Christians and Muslims. And even if it means acceptance of genocide in Gaza, Trump believes the Israeli PM is worth defending.
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