(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Previous Guy tells allies he wants Netanyahu "impeached" as he walks back praise for Hamas [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-14 Trump’s public speech on Wednesday... criticized Netanyahu and Israeli intelligence while referring to the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah as “smart.” The private comments track with Trump’s public speech on Wednesday , in which he criticized Netanyahu and Israeli intelligence while referring to the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah as “smart.” In a meandering monologue, the former president declared himself “the best friend Israel had in the White House by far” but lamented that “he did have a bad experience with Israel.” In a recurring comment Trump has yet to voice publicly, the former president — and former close ally of the Israeli prime minister — has expressed his strong desire for Netanyahu to be gone by the time Trump would potentially be back in office in 2025, the sources recount. Since Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, Trump has said Netanyahu should be “impeached” by the Israeli Parliament because the assault — which was preceded by an apparently catastrophic intelligence failure on the part of Netanyahu’s government — occurred on his watch. (Israel’s parliament cannot “impeach” a prime minister in the same way Congress can impeach a president in the United States). I see some feeble attempts by Republicans who apparently have no sense of the history of the Middle East to "blame" events there on President Biden. Not only does it ignore that every US president for 80 years has had to deal with this, but also the great damage caused by our… Ron Desantis was asked today about Trump suddenly walking back his criticism of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu with a flurry of statements and posts on Truth Social. Trump criticized Netanyahu repeatedly after the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel in a speech and in interviews. A firestorm of criticism erupted, and Team Trump immediately went into damage control this afternoon with a post on social media from Trump saying, "I Stand With Bibi." Desantis said, "I think we have the Donald Trump on the Teleprompter reading what's on there, and we have the Donald Trump when he gets off that Teleprompter - that's the real Donald Trump. He attacked Bibi after his country suffered its worst attack in its history ... He did that because Bibi congratulated Biden in November. That's why he did that. He hates Netanyahu because of that." Desantis then said Trump relates everything back to himself whether that is the best thing for the country or not: "Get rid of your Teleprompter. Don't use that as a crutch. Go to the debates. Show up and debate for two hours ... We've seen every interview, every time he's gotten off the Teleprompter the last two months they've had to clean things up from what's he's saying." www.meidastouch.com/... [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/14/2198521/-Trump-is-telling-allies-that-he-wants-Netanyahu-impeached-as-he-walks-back-praise-for-Hamas?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/