'Humiliation': Trump ripped as he endures another 'international embarrassment'

[justaprogressive]

Israel’s war-provoking strikes on Iranian nuclear targets may have humiliated Iran, but the biggest "humiliation" was on President Donald Trump, says New European politics Editor James Ball.

“Donald Trump … made clear both privately and publicly that he did not want Israel – one of America’s closest allies in the world – to launch the attack,” Ball writes. “The U.S. had been due to hold talks with Iran on Sunday, a process now undermined, potentially fatally, by the actions of Israel.”

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And yet, Israel felt confident enough to “publicly and spectacularly disregard the wishes of Trump, undermine his negotiations, and get away with it,” writes Ball. “As public displays of disrespect towards an ally go, there are few cases to match it.”

Israel’s latest disdainful move rolls in on top of other international embarrassments for the president, said Ball.

“Trump campaigned through 2024 telling Americans that they were being humiliated and disrespected on the world stage – and that he was the man who could correct that,” he writes. “Trump famously claimed on more than 50 occasions that he would be able to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on ‘day one’ of his presidency. He suggested that Hamas would not have dared to carry out [its 2023] atrocities … if he were in the presidency. He promised to achieve a lasting ceasefire in Gaza within days.”

https://www.alternet.org/donald-trump-israel-attack/

[newdeal2]

1. All world leaders know TACO

He’s the most predictable person in the world.

[CanonRay]

2. The Israel's, like everyone, know Trump is all bullshit and bluster.

So of course they disregard him.

[OrlandoDem2]

3. If only the GOP would ignore Trump.

[ForgedCrank]

4. I'm not

so sure the prick wasn't in on it the whole time

[stopdiggin]

5. and driving another nail through the (rather quaint) notion

that the U.S. holds enormous sway over Israeli actions and policy.
It's been a long, long time .... Since anything close to that .....

[egduj]

6. I have no doubt he's thoroughly humiliated.

I just wish there were visible hints of it.

[EarthFirst]

7. I'm sure he will do more to solidify that sentiment at the G7 next week...

I can only imagine what folly will come of his appearance in Alberta next week…

[Marthe48]

8. Maybe he'll be detained as a war criminal

Crimes against humanity, fraud, rape, throw it all and see what sticks.

[thought crime]

9. These failures wouldn't be happening if Kamala Harris was President.

A better President would not assume negotiations with Russia, Ukraine, Iran, China, Israel, etc. would automatically succeed simply on the basis of the US President's personal magnetism, scary demeanor, or Brand.