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Donald Trump Makes Israel Election Video and Guess Who He’s Endorsing

Jan. 16, 2013 7:08am Sharona Schwartz

Donald Trump considered a presidential run then eventually settled on Mitt Romney as his candidate last fall. Now, Trump is throwing his hat in the Israeli arena, with a new video he recorded touting the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Speaking directly to the camera, he says:

My name is Donald Trump and I’m a big fan of Israel, and frankly, a strong prime minister is a strong Israel, and you truly have a great prime minister in Benjamin Netanyahu. There’s nobody like him. He’s a winner. He’s highly respected. He’s highly thought of by all, and people really do have great, great respect for what’s happened in Israel.

So vote for Benjamin. Terrific guy, terrific leader. Great for Israel.

Trump says: “a strong prime minister is a strong Israel.” That’s likely no coincidence since Netanyahu’s party Likud-Israel Beiteinu is running the slogan “strong prime minister, strong Israel” in its television and print ads.

Donald Trump Makes Israel Election Video and Guess Who Hes Endorsing?

Likud-Israel Beiteinu election ad says: “Strong prime minister, strong Israel”

Will Israelis be swayed by Trump? Elections take place January 22nd, so we’ll know in less than a week.

It’s not only Trump who’s seen in Israel as getting involved from afar. In an article in Bloomberg View on Tuesday, columnist Jeffrey Goldberg wrote that President Barack Obama told aides behind closed doors that “Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are.” The article timed precisely one week before Israelis go to polls is being viewed widely in Israel as an attempt by the Obama administration to influence the outcome of the vote.

While Israelis are sensitive to the perception of their country overseas and could be influenced by Obama’s alleged critique of Netanyahu, it’s also a country where polls before the American elections showed Jewish citizens preferred Mitt Romney over Obama 57% to 22%. Thus, Obama’s negative opinion of Netanyahu could encourage more voters to support the incumbent prime minister.

Ironically, the last Israeli public opinion poll on which TheBlaze reported in October asked the question: “In terms of Israeli interests, who would be preferable to win the elections next month in the U.S.”

A poll over the summer found that Israelis felt Romney ‘assigned more importance to defending Israel’s national interest’ than Obama by a 2:1 ratio: 40% for Romney to 19% for Obama.”

In other words, Israelis don’t believe Obama is acting in their national interest. Interesting considering Obama’s alleged choice of words, that is, “Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are.”

If Obama had a negative view of Netanyahu before, Trump’s Netanyahu endorsement will do little to improve his image of the prime minister. As TheBlaze reported last fall, Trump announced he’d give five million dollars to charity if Obama released his college and passport records.

Watch Trump’s Netanyahu endorsement video here:

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Comments (19)

CathyvanDyke
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 9:39pm
My name is Donald Trump and I’m a big fan of Israel, and frankly, a strong prime minister is a strong Israel, and you truly have a great prime minister in Benjamin Netanyahu

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Baloney!!

Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal reached with Hamas, says Netanyahu
October 12, 2011

Israel and the militant Islamist group Hamas announced Tuesday that they had agreed on an exchange that would free about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in return for Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive in the Gaza Strip for more than five years.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/gilad-shalit-prisoner-exchange-deal-reached-with-hamas-says-netanyahu/2011/10/12/gIQA0gixfL_story.html

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- marssnw
  Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:58pm
  And that proves Bibi is not a great prime minister? Please!!!! The next time your prime minister, maybe you can tell us what you would have done differently. Do you know what that man has done for Israel? Do you know his IQ? He is a genius!!! Do you really think he and Israel would not be tracking those 1000 prisoners? Do you know the kind of pressure this man endures daily? Get a clue.
  
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ResearchPlease
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:45pm
Trump…an interesting character worth watching. I think he may be more than most think he is. I will support his stand for Netanyahu. I expect Trump will work for the freedom lovers in America when more of our freedoms are taken from us. I see him pushing for full restoration of our US Constitution (which includes the Declaration of Independence) as our choices/freedoms continue to be taken from us. Watch him, I think he will rise in ways no one would expect.

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lylejk
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:15pm
The Donald’s right on this one. BiBi’s the only candidate that makes sense. A weakened Israel would mean destruction to the middle-east. The only thing keeping the jihaadist in check is Israel. :)

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Gonzo
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 9:43am
Now is not the time for weak leadership in Israel. I hope they don’t go wobbly.

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RushEcho2
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 9:42am
God supports America and Israel – - – as long as they follow Him.

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AUsername
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 9:22am
i think its a bad idea to reelect a person who might want to sacrifice his people in an unnecessary war. interesting the Nationalist party leader is against attacking Iran and doing that.

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Southernsoul
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 9:21am
Trump is a joke. Who cares?

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johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:49am
I love BiBi and I think Trump is on the right track; but, many of you may want to take a peek at the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9GxXYKx_8&bpctr=1358310002

Say, since we’ve already elected one foreigner as President, could we run BiBi next time around!

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Eastinfection
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:42am
….TRUMP MAKES ISRAEL ELECTION VIDEO AND GUESS WHO HE’S ENDORSING..

Himself, as usual?

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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:31am
Even though i agree, just run your Corporations donny. We have more than enough Boobs in Politics.

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willingtoupe
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:20am
Get Netan Yee Haw outta there. Such a trouble maker. They need a Prime Minister who can truly work with the U.S. and to see eye to eye with the President so we can find a way for peaceful resolution and to so save our tax dollars by reducing future funding over there. This will help balance our own budget in the long term and cut social programs to Israel.

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- KingCanon
  Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:34am
  Here’s the reply you were seeking…
  you are so in the dark my friend!
  May God have mercy on your soul.
  
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- Kara_ite
  Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:50am
  You are certainly a useful tool in the destruction of this country, now you want to destroy Ysrael!
  
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- lefty5005
  Posted on January 16, 2013 at 8:43am
  Israel is the only country that should be getting one dollar of foreign aid from the US…period. So Obama tells the elderly you might see your SS cut or a cut in medicaid and the govt still continues to support Pakistan and Egypt and other miscreants to the tune of billions every year.
  
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- raderby
  Posted on January 16, 2013 at 10:59am
  what cesspool begot you, my friend?
  
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jamestoms
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:20am
Wish America had a hero leader like Netanyahu instead of lying greedy spineless cowards. Remember Obama’s effort to put you in slavery by destroying your 2nd amendment while he and Dems support ripping babies live from the womb and dismembering them! Can you hear the screams of millions of babies being murdered?

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jamestoms
Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:15am
Wish we had a leader like Netanyahu and not the greedy cowards and terroist in our government. Thank you Donald Trump.

Don’t forget the Obama crowd is Ok with ripping live babies from the womb and tearing them apart in a nice clean environment by the millions! Can you hear the babies screaming EVERY DAY!! And they are worried about guns? No this is about FREEDOM and making Americans slaves!

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- Kara_ite
  Posted on January 16, 2013 at 7:53am
  I do hear the real live people ( children in or out of the womb ) crying. The murdering Progressives will pay for all this evil death. The Progressives have buckets and rivers of blood at their feet. I pray that God curse all Progressives who hate Him.
  
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