Joe Biden is always bragging about his foreign policy chops despite being wrong on virtually everything for the past 50-plus years.
Now, it sounds like Kamala Harris wants to follow in his footsteps after her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We reported earlier about how both Biden and Harris met with Netanyahu on Thursday.
As my colleague Bob Hoge noted:
She then tried to talk tough to the Israeli leader, demanding the magical ceasefire that would somehow solve everything, and made sure to remind her radical leftist supporters that she was still on their team:
She said she told Netanyahu “It is time to get this deal done,” adding, “So to everyone who has been calling for a cease-fire and to everyone who yearns for peace, I see you and I hear you.”
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But now an Israeli official is saying that Kamala ticked off Bibi with her remarks, that it may have harmed chances of getting the hostages and a deal.
An Israeli official told Axios that Netanyahu was unhappy with Harris mentioning civilian deaths in Gaza and the “dire humanitarian situation there.”
The official added that, in their view, Netanyahu was irked with Harris speaking about a hostage and cease-fire deal as a way to end the war outright, when Israel wants to be able to resume fighting after one is implemented.
“When our enemies see the U.S. and Israel are aligned, it increases the chances for a hostage deal and decreases the chances for a regional escalation,” the Israeli official told Axios. “When there is such daylight, it pushes the deal further away and brings a regional escalation closer. We hope that Harris’ public criticism of Israel won’t give Hamas the impression that there is daylight between the U.S. and Israel and, as a result, make it harder to get a deal.”
Exactly. That’s why this is still going on because the Biden-Harris team keeps doing this thing of creating daylight rather than just saying, “Take out the terrorists.” Kamala shows she has no more sense than Biden on the issue. Indeed, she’s likely making the comments to appeal to the radical anti-Israel leftists because she will need their votes if she is the nominee.
In fact, another Israeli official said, “Harris’ statement after the meeting was much more critical than what she told Netanyahu in the meeting.”
Translation? She’s saying one thing to Netanyahu and then trying to act like she’s tough on him after the meeting to appeal. But now, Israel is calling her out on that game.
That’s not a particularly smart move by Kamala — did she think Israel wouldn’t find out if she said stuff afterward that is different than what she told them? And that’s not exactly a good recommendation for her character or why anyone should vote for her in the future if that’s true. But as we’ve noted, it’s not exactly like she has a lot of foreign policy experience, despite the efforts to paint her as the Second Coming.
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Meanwhile, an aide for Harris told Fox News, “I don’t know what they’re talking about.”
I don’t think that’s going to fly. You can try denying things here when the MSM will basically cover for you, but it’s a little harder when it involves foreign governments who won’t necessarily play along.
