Bannon battles back: Former aide regaining Trump’s favor

In the four months after he left the White House in August 2017, Steve Bannon would order reporters to the basement of the Capitol Hill townhouse known as the “Breitbart Embassy.” Sometimes, the news organization’s then-chairman would hustle to the third floor. President Trump was calling.
— Read on www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/bannon-battles-back-former-aide-regaining-trumps-favor

A toxic rift opens between Democrats and Israel after the nation refuses entry to two members of Congress

Support for the Middle Eastern democracy had ebbed as President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became fast allies, fracturing what has been decades of bipartisan support for Israel.
— Read on https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-toxic-rift-opens-between-democrats-and-israel-after-the-nation-refuses-entry-to-two-members-of-congress/2019/08/16/cdf0f6b8-c036-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html

“What are Trump and Netanyahu afraid of?” — New York Times editorial board asks

Lora Lucero's avatarلماذا غزة؟ Why Gaza?

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The New York Times Editorial Board, so often an apologist for Israel’s brutal occupation of the Palestinians, opined (August 15, 2019) that Trump’s and Netanyahu’s actions denying two U.S.  Congresswomen the opportunity to visit Israel-Palestine was a sign of weakness.

There are not many traditions of decorum that President Trump has not trampled on since entering the White House. But to put at risk, so cynically, America’s special relationship with Israel solely to titillate the bigots in his base, to lean so crassly on a foreign leader to punish his own political adversaries, to demonstrate so foul a lack of respect for the most elemental democratic principles, is new territory even for him.

America’s special relationship with Israel” translates to $3+ Billion every year from US taxpayers to Israel; an unquestioning veto at the UN Security Council to prevent any measure critical of Israel’s…

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