• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    I don’t understand why anyone thought either candidate would handle it better than the other.

    IMO, the Trump administration will likely make the problem worse faster than Harris would have, but regardless of who won the election, it would be impossible to prove whether my argument is true or not, so I digress.

    I still have a hard time believing that anyone chose this hill to be the deciding factor and they went with Trump?

    He’s basically endorsing mass deportation which will likely result in the deaths of many migrants fleeing from dangerous situations. It’s basically genocide on a massive scale. And that standpoint convinced anyone that he would do a better job in the Palestine conflict compared to Harris?

    Now, I’m not saying Harris would have done much better, but “not much better” is still better… Not by much, but it’s still better.

    Oh well. Here we go again, the US is endorsing genocide. Whoopee.

    • AliSaket@mander.xyz
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      4 hours ago

      Yeah neither do I. Especially with Trump’s track record on the matter while he was in office. His proximity to Sheldon Adelson is believed to be the reason that led to Trump unilaterally declaring the Golan Heights (Syrian territory) to belong to Israel. Furthermore he moved the embassy to Jerusalem. And the criticism of the Abraham’s Accords, that they were leaving out the Palestinians, was met with the answer of it being the point. When American journalists got murdered by Israel it got even less repercussions than Saudi Arabia for doing the same without consequence.

      We just had an instance a few weeks ago, where I do believe there to be a material difference in handling between Biden/Harris and Trump. Remember when Israel attacked Iran? And did NOT attack Iran’s nuclear and oil facilities? Speculation of course, but that has to be because of the limits set by the U.S. I’m pretty sure Trump sets the limit for such actions differently and we might be in a more open and direct world war like situation (including Russia and maybe even China). Another is his proximity to and donation ($100 million IIRC) from Miriam Adelson, which is rumored to be based on the wish to fully annex the West Bank. His announced appointments do make this seem likely and should once and for all dispel the myth of Israel’s actions being defensive in nature for anyone still believing that.

      edit: American journalists