Former President Donald Trump attacked “Jewish politicians abandoning Israel” and said “You have to stop Israel’s war on terrorists” but also that Israel must “complete their war on terror” and “do it fast.”
Police in New York City cracked down on a group of pro-Palestine protesters who took over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, storming the building with a show of force.
Trump called in for a phone interview during Tuesday night’s edition of Fox News Channel’s Hannity as the crackdown unfolded.
At one point Trump delivered a rant that included an attack on Jewish legislators based on the anti-Semitic “dual loyalty” trope, and an incoherent mashup of anti-and-pro-war rhetoric that host Sean Hannity felt compelled to try and translate:
HANNITY: I’m having a hard time understanding. Why don’t members of Congress, why aren’t these students, why aren’t political figures understanding that there is good and evil here, and radical Islamic terrorism is the evil part of this?
TRUMP: …