By Evaristo Lara
12 Oct 2023, 3:27 PM EDT
Ron DeSantis, candidate for the Republican candidacy in the face of next year’s presidential elections, severely criticized Donald Trump for praising the intelligence of the terrorist group that attacked Israel to the detriment of the ability of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, to confront it.
During a campaign event held in West Palm Beach, Florida, Donald Trump made some comments about Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, which proved controversial.
The 77-year-old New Yorker recounted a key episode from the end of his government, when the United States assassinated the legendary Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.
“No one has heard this story before. Israel was going to do this with us, it was planned and worked out for months. We had everything ready to launch it and the night before it happened I got a call that Israel will not participate in the attack. They didn’t tell us why.
I will never forget that Bibi Netanyahu let us down. We were disappointed by that. We were very disappointed, but we accomplished the task ourselves, with absolute precision… and then Bibi tried to take credit for it.“, he indicated.
Then, the republican who seeks to govern the nation again He took time to talk about the intelligence of the real enemy that seems to be behind the terrorist group that attacked Israel.
“We hear a lot about intelligence, about what went wrong last week, andtWe have to fix it, because we are dealing with a potentially very strong power, Iran. And when there are people who say wrong things, everything is digested (by the Iranians), because They are fierce and intelligent people.“he emphasized.
Annoyed by the statements of the rival who surpasses him by more than 40 points in the race for the Republican nomination, Ron DeSantis dedicated a message to Trump through the X platform, formerly known as Twitter.
“The terrorists have killed at least 1,200 Israelis and 22 Americans and have more hostages, so It is absurd that anyone, much less anyone running for president, would now choose to attack our friend and ally, Israel, much less praise Hezbollah terrorists as ‘Very smart.””, he emphasized.
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