Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
While many political leaders in the United States have been eager to voice support for Israel in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Donald Trump went in a very different direction during a campaign event in Florida last week.
The article quoted Attila Somfalvi, a senior political analyst and commentator on Israeli television, adding that the former American president’s criticisms came “as a shock to a country that had been broadly supportive of Mr. Trump throughout his administration.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, who often goes to embarrassing lengths in service of Trump, appeared on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” and conceded that Trump’s kind words for Hezbollah were “a huge mistake.
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