cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37931397
Mitchell Plitnick
20 October 2025 09:18 BSTUS 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.
The difference between a Tankie and a Maga is the Tankie knows what they’re doing and saying is wrong but they do it anyways.
After Trump put Pete Hegseth in charge of the situation the USA’s stance became “death or exodus of every Palestinian.” He proudly delivered large bombs to use on Rafah that even the Biden Era withheld, bragged about it on social media. Israel put tanks on the ground in Gaza for the first time in decades. All of this after Trump claimed he had created lasting peace in February of this year.
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.