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Well, for one thing, because genocide is a crime. And as for most Gazans supporting Hamas, that wasn't even true when they won the election. And their popularity quickly went down. However, there was one nation whose help prove invaluable in supporting Hamas. That nation was Israel.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-national-lead-grows-opinion-poll-republican-primary/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=263914723

Which is why he fought against allowing any aid into Gaza?

And when they see how it's received, they take it back. Unless they meant what they said.

It's how it's how Israelis will construe what netanyahu said. It's widely understood in Israel what this reference signifies. Clearly, not so widely understood by most non-israelis.

Chris Christie was a successful governor? He ended up being almost universally loathed by New Jerseyans. As for Trump being a successful businessman, he destroyed his father's highly successful business and went on to bankrupt several other business. The thing that ultimately saved him was The Apprentice where he traded on the widely held but false belief that he was a great negotiator. As his multiple bankruptcies show, he massively overpaid for those businesses that went bankrupt. As for Biden, he was successful as a Senator, wasn't he. With lots of important legislative accomplishments.

Haven't you heard that Trump won the 2016 election?

Here's a relevant quote from that widely subscribed to document known in some circles as the Old Testament: "Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. 3 Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ (1 Samuel 15:2–3 ESV) https://intotheword.ca/view/why-did-god-command-the-absolute-destruction-of-the-amalekites Saul subsequently incurred God's disfavor for not quite fulfilling his commandment.

Also, Netanyahu actually invoked Amalek after this agreement was reached. So, it doesn't seem like there was anything in the way of humane feeling that prompted his retreat. Just to be clear, the quotation below explains that invoking Amalek means to Israelis. Not a quote from Netanyahu. He doesn't have to explain what that means. Netanyahu's references to violent biblical passages raise alarm among critics "The biblical commandment is to completely destroy all of Amalek. And when I'm talking about completely destroy, we're talking about killing each and every one of them - including babies, including their property, including the animals - everything." https://www.npr.org/2023/11/07/1211133201/netanyahus-references-to-violent-biblical-passages-raise-alarm-among-critics

Actually, what's far more plausible is that the article stated "If Israel was going to proceed in its mission to destroy Hamas, it had to allow aid to reach civilians, Blinken told Netanyahu. He also made clear what was hanging in the balance: a visit from President Joe Biden, the prospect of which had leaked to the Israeli media but had yet to be formalized. A visit from Biden represented a critical gesture of support—and significant leverage." Has anyone ever accused Netanyahu of ever succumbing to a decent humanitarian urge when it comes to the Palestinians?

I'm not one of those people who believe that nationality trumps knowledge. But for whatever reason, you clearly haven't been following the evolution of Trump's support.

I did read it all but that's irrelevant. You claimed that "It won't make comfortable reading for some." What was there about the nature of Trump's support that wasn't already widely known?

Apart from Netanyahu's Amalek comments, which show clear genocidal intent. here's an article that purports to chronicle the negotiations between Netanyahu and his unity cabinet and Blinken during the days after the Oct 7 attack. Basically, it took a lot of arm twisting to get Netanyahu and company to agree to any shipments of aid at all to Gaza. Another piece of evidence that shows genocidal intent. For Antony Blinken, the War in Gaza Is a Test of U.S. Power https://time.com/collection/davos-2024-ideas-of-the-year/6551990/antony-blinken-israel-gaza-us-power/

Well, Trump's lawyers did a very good job of delaying the trials. On the one hand his company, The Trump Organization, was charged with 17 criminal counts. But on the other hand, it was only convicted of 17 out of 17. And he lost his civil trial to Jean Carroll.

What is there in this article that will tell us what we already didn't know. This? "A large majority of participants think Mr Trump was the actual winner of the 2020 presidential election - a number that increases to 90% among Trump supporters."

Ifs this going to be another one of those times where you claim that what you wrote is really the opposite of what you're claiming? That in this case what you're really saying is that Pinatubo caused cooling?

There's a logical fallacy that logicians have labelled "post hoc ergo propter hoc" Which translates to "after this therefore because of this". So, to your way of thinking is that because during Trump's presidency russia didn't massively invade Ukraine or Hamas didn't stage its attack on Israel, therefore it's because of Trump. Yet on the other hand you claim that these issues are too complicated for us to understand. So how do you square your simplistic thinking with your claims of complexity in foreign affairs? Good luck with that.

And the candidate of the ignoramuses triumphs again! "Trump is winning by a wide margin with the two-thirds of caucusgoers who think Biden did not legitimately win the 2020 election, according to caucus entrance polls. Haley wins among the third of voters who think Biden’s victory was legitimate." https://archive.ph/oKQ5a https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/15/us/iowa-caucus-election-news

Depends on what the goal is. Why do you think the Houthis are attacking ships?

Exactly. What you call "news" a rational observer would label fiction.

How ignorant does someone have to be to allege that Putin and Iran behaved well when Trump was President? Under Trump, the US engaged in wholesale and enthusiastic support of the Saudi's disastrous war against the Houthis. I haven't read anywhere that the Iranians withdrew their support for the Houthis during the Trump administration. As for Putin, did Trump deter him from stepping up his support of the rebels in the Donbas region? or Moldova? Or Georgia? In fact, Trump tried to starve Ukraine of weaponry but was halted in his attempt by the threat from Congress to take him to court over his clearly illegal attempt.

What don't you understand about the fact that the Trump administration is killing of the nuclear agreement destroyed that as an incentive?

Nonsense. There's even a real stipulating that links be provided to back up assertions of fact. What's stopping you from posting evidence backed up with a link?

Yes It gave them a very strong incentive not to misbehave. It also strengthened the position of the moderates in Iran which showed that negotiating could be a good thing.

Why don't you link to these "new" news articles?