“And the reason, I know why you’re not going to support me, and you’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money”. “But then you’re just not going to have a deal”. “Trump doesn’t want money”, he said.
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The speech by Trump, the real estate magnate, was also notable for touching on Jewish stereotypes – with references to money and negotiating skills – that drew rebukes from some Jewish conservatives on Twitter but were received with some laughter from the audience.
Asked about Trump, past Republican Jewish Coalition donors Mendy Klein and his wife, Heddy, both 68 and hailing from NY, said the forum was “about positives, not the negatives”.
Minutes later, Trump returned to the subject of negotiation skills, zeroing in on the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap.
Trump continued, “I will know very quickly whether or not I will be able to put that deal together”.
Property magnate Donald Trump said Thursday that he would be excited to make a “deal” to end the rift between Israel and Palestine should he win the 2016 presidential race.
“If you can make that deal, you can make any deal”, he said.
While Trump touted his negotiating abilities, members of the crowd noticed his remarks were deficient of detail.
Trump criticized some of his fellow GOP rivals, though none of the high-polling ones.
Donald Trump says that if he’s elected president, he’ll know within six months whether he can achieve an elusive peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians, one of the world’s most vexing challenges. “I can’t reach her on Saturdays!”
The audience better appreciated Trump’s references to his daughter Ivanka, who converted to Judaism and observes the Jewish Sabbath.
In the same interview, Trump declined to say whether he supports a two-state solution, which has been the US government’s policy goal for years. “Probably more than any room I’ve ever spoken” and “You’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money”.
That was the overarching message communicated repeatedly to an Israel Policy Forum delegation of American Jewish leaders to Israel which I recently led.
The senators were among 13 Republican presidential contenders set to address the well-heeled group, gathering in Washington amid signs that the party establishment is growing concerned about the continuing lead of the controversy-cultivating Trump for the party’s nomination.
The crowd – many of them early Bush supporters – laughed, sometimes amused, sometimes uncomfortable. “I’m going to be meeting with (Prime Minister) Bibi Netanyahu”.
The only candidate in the field older than Trump is Bernie Sanders, who would be 75 years, 5 months if he took office in January 2017. Unlike Rubio, Cruz does not support the most robust surveillance program of USA citizens and nor does he favor removing the Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. “It’s loaded up, but now the Christians are catching up, I have to tell you”.
Palestinians have said the slow pace of the investigation into the murders is evidence of an unfair justice system, while noting that probes into Palestinians suspected of violence move quickly and carry harsher consequences, including home demolitions that rights groups say is collective punishment. “Because so much death, so much turmoil, so much hatred – that would be to me a great achievement”.
“I’m not competing with politicians”, Trump boasted.
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This is particularly true of the Iran nuclear deal in which the administration and its allies reduce sanctions on Tehran as it gives up the means to make nuclear weapons.
