Trump: Peace in the Middle East Might Not Be So Easy

[DonViejo]

Source: Newsweek




TRUMP THOUGHT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WOULD BE EASY, NOW HE ISN’T SURE

BY CALLUM PATON ON 9/8/17 AT 9:00 AM

When he took office, President Donald Trump was convinced that peace Middle East would be easy. Now, seven months into the job, he appears to have realised that ending the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may be more difficult than he initially though.

After his forthright assertions about his ability to solve the world’s most intractable conflict ("frankly maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years," he said in May) the president said Thursday that he was now more pessimistic about the prospect of peace in the region.

“I think we have a chance of doing it. I think the Palestinians would like to see it happen. I think the Israelis would like to see it happen. So I think there is a chance that there could be peace. But again, I say that a little bit reluctantly. We're going to give it our best,” he told reporters at the White House.

Early on the president put peace between Israel and the Palestinians at the heart of his foreign policy agenda and a visit to the Middle East was his first after taking office.



Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-actually-peace-middle-east-might-not-be-so-easy-661747

[Javaman]

1. more "great words" from the "deep thinker".

what a fucking halfwit.

[Maeve]

2. Nothing is as easy as he thought it would be

Repeal-Replace, taxes, peace....

[dalton99a]

3. "I had no idea where the Palestinians lived"

[underpants]

4. Release the Jared!

Before his inauguration Trump said if Kushner couldn’t produce peace in the Middle East then “nobody can.”

[GulfCoast66]

5. Almost as complicated as Health Care? nt

[lapfog_1]

6. gee... really.... there is a place on late night TV for him

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/deep-thoughts-kryptonite/n10201?snl=1

[DonaldsRump]

7. It is so sad that an American President is saying this

It is just the latest example of how the Buffoon-in-chief, in his very own words, categorically demonstrates his unique unfitness to be POTUS.

[irisblue]

8. no lie Sherlock

F that guy.

[lark]

9. More freaking lies.

If he was serious, Jarhead wouldn't be in charge, but he doesn't give a shit because he basically loves Israel killing Palestinians, or dirty mooslems as he likes to think of them.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Really? Who could have known?

[IronLionZion]

11. That was profound

this fucking guy makes my heart hurt. And to think of how many of our fellow Americans voted for this

[blueinredohio]

12. Jared couldn't do it so maybe Penis can

[Wounded Bear]

13. When your only tool is a hammer, all your problems start to look like nails...

Trump's "hammer" is supposed to be his deal making ability. Unfortunately, Trump is wielding a nerf hammer.

[ananda]

14. Widdle Jawed couldn't do it by himself?

Gee, whodathunkit?

[TalenaGor]

15. presidentin is hard.... whaaaaaaaaa

[Angry Dragon]

16. I see these ads for the IQ of Trump .... lowest ever maybe

[Solly Mack]

17. Whodathunkit?

[syringis]

18. Might not be so easy?

Did he really thought he were able to solve a problem which roots run deep? About 3 centuries or so, when Palestine was under the Ottoman Empire control.

The WWII and its consequencies worsen an already tricky problem.

[Stuart G]

19. Is this the dumbest thing he has said? maybe, maybe not

[tblue37]

20. Who knew it could be so complicated (jus like health care)? nt

[NCDem777]

21. Of course its not going to be easy

The Israelis don't want to give up the settlements.

Even if they did, Palestine won't accept Israel's right to exist. They've been offered a state five times (contingent on leaving Israel alone) and each time said no to everything. Even Bill Clinton said that Yassir Arafat was a jackass who said no to every compromise offered. The Palestinian leaders don't negotiate in good faith.

Not saying that Israel is totally blameless, particularly under Natenyahu, but Palestine hasn't even pretended they give a fuck about the peace process.