Donald Trump acknowledges ‘real starvation’ in Gaza, contradicting Netanyahu
Donald Trump has acknowledged “real starvation” in Gaza, contradicting Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu in a meeting with the UK’s PM as he credited himself for stopping six wars.
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US President Donald Trump said you “can’t fake” images of starving children in Gaza and claimed he had stopped “six wars” as he promised America will be doing more to help with the humanitarian aid effort in the war-torn region.
Mr Trump also said he will set a new deadline of between “10 to 12 days” to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.
The new deadline will be announced on Tuesday.
Mr Trump said he was “disappointed in President Putin”.
“You have 7000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers dying every single week for no reason whatsoever, so you would think based on common sense he (Putin) would want to make a deal, we’ll find out,” Mr Trump said.
The US president said he had been successful in stopping “six wars” and “is averaging (stopping) about a war a month” which included India and Pakistan but he did not name which ones he had stopped.
Speaking on energy Mr Trump said Sir Keir had “Rolls Royce nuclear plans” and Mr Trump said it’s “safe and very inexpensive”.
On Tuesday Mr Trump is due to open a new golf course at his Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire that will be named after his late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, who was born and raised in Scotland.
He was also asked by reporters about his upcoming state visit to the UK in September and said while he will visit London he’s “not a fan” of the Mayor Sadiq Khan.
“He’s done a terrible job, the mayor of London, he’s a nasty person,” he said.
Mr Trump is due to leave Scotland on Tuesday evening (Wednesday AEST).
Speaking at a bilateral meeting on Monday with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at his lavish Trump Turnberry golf resort in Scotland, Mr Trump said Israel is “hampered” by having 20 hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza.
“Hamas has become very difficult to deal with in the last couple of days because they don’t want to give up these last 20 (hostages) because they think as long as they have them they have protection,” he said during the press conference that lasted more than an hour.
“I don’t think it can work that way, I’m speaking to Bibi Netanyahu and we are coming up with various plans”.
Mr Trump also said he would be helping setting up food centres in Gaza and he is going to ramp up efforts to make sure there are no barriers stopping starving people in Gaza from accessing food.
“You’ve seen the areas where they actually have food and the people are screaming for the food in there, 35 to 40 yards away,” Mr Trump said.
“We can save a lot of people, some of the kids, it’s real starvation stuff, I see it and you can’t fake that”.
Sir Keir said the situation in Gaza is “absolutely intolerable” and “the images of starving children … are revolting”.
“We know that humanitarian aid needs to get in at speed, at volume,” he said.
Sir Keir also said a ceasefire in Gaza is “desperately needed” and “pressure” must be put on Israel to overcome the humanitarian catastrophe.
Mr Trump also said he had set a new deadline of between “10 to 12 days” – not the initial 50 days – for Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.
He said he was “disappointed in President Putin”.
“You have 7000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers dying every single week for no reason whatsoever, so you would think based on common sense he (Putin) would want to make a deal, we’ll find out,” Mr Trump said.
The US president said he had been successful in stopping “six wars” and “is averaging (stopping) about a war a month” which included India and Pakistan but he did not name which ones he had stopped.
Speaking on energy Mr Trump said Sir Keir had “Rolls Royce nuclear plans” and Mr Trump said it’s “safe and very inexpensive”.
On Tuesday Mr Trump is due to open a new golf course at his Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire that will be named after his late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, who was born and raised in Scotland.
He was also asked by reporters about his upcoming state visit to the UK in September and said while he will visit London he’s “not a fan” of the Mayor Sadiq Khan.
“He’s done a terrible job, the mayor of London, he’s a nasty person,” he said.
Mr Trump is due to leave Scotland on Tuesday evening (Wednesday AEST).
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