Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu in one call this month, “Do what you have to do,” according to six people familiar with the conversation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive and confidential information. Trump has said publicly that the two have spoken at least twice in October, with one call as recently as Oct. 19.

“He didn’t tell him what to do militarily, but he expressed that he was impressed by the pagers,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), who was on a call this month with Trump and Netanyahu, referring to the Israeli operation that killed Hezbollah leaders with explosive batteries inside pagers. “He expressed his awe for their military operations and what they have done.”

Graham added: “He told them, do what you have to do to defend yourself, but we’re openly talking about a new Mideast. Trump understands that very much there has to be change with the corrupt Palestinian state.”

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      “Harris should change her stance regarding Netanyahu’s genocide” maps 1:1 with trump support, as far as a lot of lemmy is concerned.

      People are so invested in their support for genocide that they can’t imagine anyone opposing it in good faith.

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            Have you considered that they’ve encountered enough people who only ever seem to criticize Harris and accusing anyone who supports her of loving genocide, and suspiciously avoid saying a word about the other guy, that they, themselves, have stopped giving the benefit of the doubt?

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              I have. If “you must be a trumper” hadn’t already been the go-to all purpose reply to all deviation from centrist orthodoxy since 2016, your argument might have merit.

              Centrists claim trump support in anyone who wants the party to move leftward on any given issue. Centrists exhausted their benefit of the doubt long before the Netanyahu/Biden genocide commenced.