Will Bunch: Netanyahu Is a ‘Cautionary Tale’ to Reelecting Donald Trump

Will Bunch: Netanyahu Is a ‘Cautionary Tale’ to Reelecting Donald Trump

BUNCH: “Well, exactly. I mean, you mentioned in your introduction some of the parallels to Donald Trump. And the fact that he’s under criminal indictment just as Donald Trump is important because a lot of Israeli citizens feel that his actions, both before October 7th and maybe to some extent after October 7th have been motivated by his efforts to, you know, stay out of jail, put off these corruption charges. You know, opinion polls in Israel have shown the Israeli people by and large are tired of his leadership. You know, the polls I’ve seen it’s divided between people who want to leave as prime minister right now and people who are willing to let him finish out this war and then want him to go immediately after. So it’s interesting. And you have to wonder today in announcing this deal he said once we first name these exchanges the war is back on. And you just have to wonder again how much of this is self preservation. One reason it’s funny is I’m a domestic columnist, I have been writing because he’s a cautionary tale for electing Donald Trump. Not just the legal parallels, which are pretty remarkable but also just to form his government, he took a sharp right turn, which, you know, and he’s adopted some really extreme ministers, the ones you heard making some of these comments about reducing Gaza to rubble.”