cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37931397

Mitchell Plitnick
20 October 2025 09:18 BST

US President Donald Trump is boasting of having brought peace to the Middle East, a claim that is wildly exaggerated. But he has, at least for the moment, brought an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza.

Trump's willingness to use the tools of his office to pressure Israel into accepting his terms for a ceasefire - terms quite favourable to Israel but falling short of the ambitions of its far-right government - reflects poorly on his predecessor, Joe Biden, and his 2024 presidential challenger, Kamala Harris.

It also vindicates the anti-Trump critics within the Democratic Party who implored their leaders to take a forceful stand against Israel's genocide, warning they could lose the election if they refused.

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[+] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Nah, with how they talk about "drinking lib tears" and stuff all the time Republicans definitely know what they're saying and doing is wrong. The people who are so deluded they don't know what they're doing is wrong are the moderates, you could talk those assholes into supporting a genocide and they'd still think they were good people who could lecture others on right and wrong and be taken seriously.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    The refusal to do anything but give Israel more weapons from Biden combined with Kamala's refusal to show any willingness to be different on the issue in her short campaign will be seen as the strategic political blunder that destroyed the Democratic party and one of the largest political miscalculations of the early 21st century.

    Genocide Joe will always be the name I remember Biden by.

    Indeed, according to long-time Israeli negotiator Gershon Baskin, a similar deal was proposed more than a year ago, and Biden refused even to consider it.

    "Hamas agreed to the same terms in September 2024," Baskin wrote. "But at the time, the response of Israeli negotiators was that 'the Prime Minister does not agree to end the war.' Even though the proposed 'three-week deal' reached President Biden's office, his envoy Brett McGurk refused to mention the bad deal he was negotiating. I met with members of the US negotiating team in October 2024 and they were as frustrated as I was by their inability to persuade Biden and his advisers to seriously consider the deal."

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I know right? Literally by simply existing in office in 2025 Biden could have accomplished the same or better. Because Trump did nothing. It's true that both of them suck. But their desperate need to continue to attack Biden. To draw attention away from the fact that they campaigned against the only viable candidates against the fascists. There by helping the fascist win. Is hilariously sad.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    If you don't care about palestinians do not comment in a post about palestine. Both Biden and Trump are war criminals and genocide enablers

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    If you have nothing to have other than a straw man. Maybe you shouldn't reply.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The strawman is you defending Biden and talk about facism which is a real threat under Trump but has nothing to do with Palestine

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Oooh second strawman. Saying that a senile old man like Biden simply existing in office in 2025 could have accomplished as much as Trump is hardly a defense. You want to know what has nothing to do with Palestine? Trumps cease fire. It was violated practically within 24 hours. They're still waiting for actual help trapped between genocidal Israel and bloodthirsty Hamas. And peacemaker Trump isn't going to lift a finger to do anything more that he's already done, which is nothing.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Don't use words you don't understand. Also what's up with cultists like you selective reading? Where did you see me defend Trump and saying that he is better than Biden?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They've used it correctly. You've twice attacked them for things they didn't say.

    They're probably referencing Trump is because the article is. all in all, they're showing much better reading comprehension than yours.

    It's a joke and absolute bullshit to talk about what Biden/Democrats could learn of moral failures compared to an immoral or ammoral person like Trump.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You just another cultist with selective reading He mentionned things unrelated to palestine. He used the stupid excuse of Biden being senile to minimize his complicty as if Biden was never a big supporter of Israel . Trump also is a big supporter of Isrsel yet you fools claims that I defend Trump

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    There is no ceasefire

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    What ceasefire?

    Biden demonstrated the Democrats' moral and political failure long before Trump snaked back onto the Whitehouse

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Biden and trump demonstated both parties moral bankrupcy

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You sound like a Trump supporter. Did you even read the article?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Liberals on Reddit were explaining why Biden needed to continue the genocide to win. You could oppose both while still recognizing that Trump is worse than Biden albeit barely.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I'm saying we shouldn't be supportive of Trump because he condemns Liberals. I'm saying we should condemn Liberals without that qualifier. Please don't let the machine get to you. We need you.

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    What a bunch of crap...

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