Trump Claims the US Would Have Been at War If He Lost in 2016
President Donald Trump celebrated a historic peace deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel on Thursday in an Oval Office appearance and touted his foreign policy accomplishments. The president said, “I remember…
President Donald Trump celebrated a historic peace deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel on Thursday in an Oval Office appearance and touted his foreign policy accomplishments.
The president said, “I remember when I was elected, they said, ‘The war will start with somebody within days,’ and I’ve kept us out of war. You look at North Korea, everybody said — including President Obama — that’s the biggest problem. Everybody said you’d be at war, well, we’re not at war.”
He added, “You would have been at war if I wasn’t elected, if it was somebody else.”
Trump went on to praise the new deal between the countries and said that the Palestinians may be brought to the table, saying, “I think you’ll be seeing some very exciting things. Including ultimately with the Palestinians. I think that’s going to be happening at some point because it makes a lot of sense for them to let it happen.”
When asked if he supports annexation of Palestinian land, Trump said, “We’re talking to Israel about that right now.”
Trump has enjoyed a good relationship with embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and in January, the Trump administration announced