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'Anti-war' Trump trying to outflank Harris at critical moment

We’ve been hearing a lot lately that foreign policy doesn’t decide elections. This year’s one is putting that claim to the test.

The Donald Trump campaign is certainly betting that it will. Earlier this week, Trump running mate J. D. Vance used his appearance on comedian Tim Dillon’s podcast to take a swing at the Kamala Harris campaign’s stance on the Gaza war, deploying a number of talking points that wouldn’t have sounded out of place coming from a progressive commentator.

“Even though they say they want to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties, they pursued the pathway that maximizes those casualties,” Vance said. “They say that they're pro-Israel. They've pursued the pathway that has prolonged the war as long as possible, which is bad for Israel.”

This comes on top of a number of similar moves by the Trump campaign to seemingly align itself with antiwar sentiment. In an Al-Arabiya interview, Trump said regarding the escalating war in the Middle East that “I wanna see it all stop, I wanna see the Middle East get back to peace,” suggested he might end the war, and heaped praise upon the Arab people, adding “it's a shame what's happening over there.”

Last weekend, the former president unveiled the endorsement of Muslim leaders in Michigan, a key, heavily Arab- and Muslim-populated battleground state that has been roiled the past year by anger over Gaza, several of them telling rally-goers they were backing Trump because he was promising peace.

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 @GleefulVoterIDGreenfrom Guam  commented…1mo1MO

Here we go again—Trump says he’s anti-war, but his record reads like a playbook for warmongers. His shift is just marketing to win votes from angry communities. He’s made a career of empty promises, and this “peace” pitch is no different.

 @GrumpyOilRepublicanfrom Arizona  disagreed…1mo1MO

Well, it’s not like Biden’s administration has made the world safer. Every time the Dems talk about “values,” they just throw money at a problem and walk away. Trump’s approach is at least clear: America first, let’s stop these endless wars.

 @GleefulVoterIDGreenfrom Guam  disagreed…1mo1MO

Oh, please! “America First” was a front for Trump’s disastrous foreign policy. He banned Muslims, trashed diplomacy, and empowered dictators. Now he’s trying to act like he cares about peace? He just wants votes, not solutions.

  @Renaldo-MoonGreen  from Pennsylvania  agreed…1mo1MO

Both parties are extremely pro Israel anti Palestine

 @KindAntelopeWorking Family from Wisconsin  commented…1mo1MO

I’m seeing this as more than a publicity stunt. If people in Michigan’s Arab community are considering Trump, it says something about how desperate they are for genuine attention to peace. But why should they trust him? His policies have hurt Arab and Muslim communities deeply.

 @SoulfulOryxRepublican from Illinois  disagreed…1mo1MO

Maybe they trust him because he’s not busy pandering to the globalist agenda. We’ve seen enough of the media and the left ignoring real Americans to focus on wars they can’t win. At least Trump calls out the hypocrisy, even if you all won’t.

 @KindAntelopeWorking Family from Wisconsin  disagreed…1mo1MO

Yeah, he “calls out” hypocrisy while making deals that benefit him and his cronies. Sure, Biden’s foreign policy isn’t flawless, but Trump is no different, just a different flavor of corruption.

 @9XN88KX from Texas  commented…1mo1MO

Democrats are also the problem. Republicans are as well. Like I said above, there is an illegal settlement named after Trump. Biden has also sent billions in weapons to the Zionist entity. Golan Heights: Israel unveils 'Trump Heights' settlementhttps:bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48656431

None of these people in power give a **** about the people on the ground, whether they are those under rubble in Gaza or those on the streets in Dallas. We need something beyond all of this bipartisan bull **** . We need to imagine a world where the land is returned to…  Read more

 @MindT3rritorialLibertarian from Georgia  commented…1mo1MO

Don’t care who “wins” here, but the media blackout around anti-war views tells you a lot. Why is it so controversial to say America needs to stop these endless wars? Voters are sick of it, and whether it’s Trump or anyone else, anti-war is the message we need.

 @ThirdPartyQuicheDemocrat from Illinois  disagreed…1mo1MO

Anti-war? Trump isn’t anti-war; he’s pro-Trump. His administration sold billions in weapons, attacked civilian areas in Yemen, and boosted drone strikes. A true anti-war stance would mean challenging the military-industrial complex, but that’s too “radical” for him.

 @9XN88KX from Texas  commented…1mo1MO

Disgusting. He is preying on Palestinian and Arab pain and trauma. There is literally an illegal settlement in the Golan Heights named after him because he was the first president to recognize the occupation of the Golan Heights as anything more than illegal. He is complicit with the colonial domination of the region by the Zionist entity; Netanyahu even came to the US to campaign for him in 2016.

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Mexican Shuts Down 2 Migrant Caravans After Trump Threat

Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday.Some migrants were bused to cities in southern Mexico, and others were offered transit papers.The action comes a week after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap 25% tariffs on Mexican products unless the country does more to stem the flow of migrants to the U.S. border.On Wednesday, Trump wrote that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had agreed to stop unauthorized migration across the border into the United States. Sheinbaum wrote on her social media accounts the same day that “migrants and caravans are taken care of before they reach the border.”Migrant rights activist Luis García Villagrán said the breaking-up of the two caravans appeared to be part of “an agreement between the president of Mexico and the president of the United States.”The first of the caravans started out from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula, near the border with Guatemala, on Nov. 5, the day Trump was elected. At its height it had about 2,500 people. In almost four weeks of walking, it had gone about 270 miles (430 kilometers) to Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca.In Tehuantepec, Mexican immigration officials offered the tired migrants free bus rides to other cities in southern or central Mexico.“They took some of us to Acapulco, others to Morelia, and others from our group to Oaxaca city,” said Bárbara Rodríguez, an opposition supporter who left her native Venezuela after that country's contested presidential elections earlier this year.Rodríguez said by telephone she later caught a bus on her own to Mexico City.In a statement Saturday, the National Immigration Institute said the migrants voluntary accepted bus rides “to various areas where there is medical assistance and where their migratory status will be reviewed,” and said “upon accepting (the rides), they said they no longer wanted to face the risks along their way.”

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Netanyahu Shifts Focus to Iran After Cease-Fire with Hezbollah

Israel approved a cease-fire with Lebanon that is intended to bring a halt to more than a year of fighting with the Hezbollah militia and could help defuse a broader regional crisis that has threatened to ensnare the U.S. and other world powers.“I have some good news to report from the Middle East,” President Biden said on Tuesday, announcing a cease-fire that he said would begin at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed the agreement earlier in the day, saying it would let Israel focus on the threat from Iran, allow the Israeli military to rest and rearm, and isolate Hamas.“The continuation of the cease-fire will be dependent on what happens in Lebanon. We will enforce the agreement and respond forcefully to every violation,” Netanyahu said.Lebanon’s prime minister, Najib Mikati, welcomed the agreement, saying it would bring “calm and stability in Lebanon and the return of the displaced to their homes and cities.”The Lebanese cabinet is expected to meet on Wednesday to approve steps to enforce the cease-fire, including sending government security forces to areas of southern Lebanon near the border with Israel.Hezbollah has indicated openness to a deal in recent days. “What concerns us are Lebanese national measures and the protection of sovereignty,” Hassan Fadlallah, a member of Parliament affiliated with the group, told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.The announcements came after a day of heavy bombardment of Beirut while Israeli ground forces advanced deeper into Lebanese territory. Minutes after Biden spoke, a series of explosions thundered in Beirut. Northern Israel also came under renewed rocket fire.There was no immediate public comment from Hezbollah on the announced cease-fire.If implemented, the agreement would be a diplomatic success for Biden in the twilight of his administration, after more than a year in which the White House has tried to fend off the possibility of a wider regional war. It could also change the landscape that President-elect Donald Trump will face when he takes office in January.

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