{"id":17264,"date":"2025-09-02T22:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17264"},"modified":"2025-09-02T22:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:25:33","slug":"israel-had-total-control-over-congress-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17264","title":{"rendered":"Israel had \u2018total control\u2019 over Congress \u2013 Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Jerusalem used to have the \u201cstrongest lobby,\u201d but its power has dwindled, the US president has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israel previously had \u201ctotal control\u201d<\/em> over the US Congress, and it was impossible for someone speaking \u201cbadly\u201d<\/em> of the Jewish state to be in politics, US President Donald Trump has said.<\/p>\n

Trump said that in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller published on Monday, repeatedly stating that Israel used to have the \u201cstrongest lobby I\u2019ve ever seen\u201d<\/em> in the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go back 20 years. I mean, I will tell you, Israel had the strongest lobby in Congress of anything or body, or of any company or corporation or state that I\u2019ve ever seen. Israel was the strongest. Today, it doesn\u2019t have that strong a lobby. It\u2019s amazing,\u201d<\/em> Trump explained.<\/p>\n

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There was a time where you couldn\u2019t speak bad, if you wanted to be a politician, you couldn\u2019t speak badly [of Israel].<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Times have changed, and US politics now has all sorts of critics of Israel, namely \u201cAOC plus three\u201d<\/em> and \u201call these lunatics,\u201d<\/em> Trump added. The US president referred to the so-called \u2018Squad\u2019, an informal progressive left-wing faction of the Democratic Caucus in the US House, originally composed of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib, known for their strong anti-Israel stance.<\/p>\n

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Israeli forces demolish 1,000 buildings in Gaza City \u2013 Palestinian officials<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, prompted by a surprise assault on southern Israel mounted by the Palestinian group on October 7, 2023, has further eroded West Jerusalem\u2019s influence in the US, Trump suggested.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey may be winning the war, but they\u2019re not winning the world of public relations, you know, and it is hurting them,\u201d<\/em> he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the same time, Trump praised himself for what he had done for Israel, claiming that \u201cnobody has done more\u201d<\/em> for the country. The US president said Israel was \u201camazing\u201d<\/em> since he has been enjoying \u201cgood support\u201d<\/em> from them in return as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Jerusalem used to have the \u201cstrongest lobby,\u201d but its power has dwindled, the US president has said Israel previously had \u201ctotal control\u201d over the US Congress, and it was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t