Former President Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of hating Israel during Tuesday’s presidential debate, a charge that Harris forcefully rejected.
“She hates Israel,” Trump after the moderators asked how he would end the war between Israel and Hamas. He went on to claim that a Harris presidency would mean the end of Israel.
“If she’s president I believe that Israel will not exist within two years from now, and I’ve been pretty good at predictions,” Trump said. “And I hope I’m wrong about that one.”
He also claimed, without citing evidence, that Harris hates Arabs. “She hates Israel at the same time, in her own way, she hates the Arab population because the whole place is going to get blown up. Arabs, Jewish people, Israel, Israel will be gone.”
It was unclear to exactly what he was referring, although he went on to mention Iran’s increasing nuclear capacity.
He then claimed the conflict never would have happened had he been in power.
Moderator David Muir asked Harris to address Trump’s accusation: “Vice President Harris, he says you hate Israel.”
“That’s absolutely not true,” she responded. “I have my entire career and life supported Israel and the Israeli people,” she said.
Trump’s comment, she added, is an attempt to “divide and distract from the reality, which is it is very well known that Donald Trump is weak and wrong on national security and foreign policy.”
She added, “It is well known that he admires dictators. Wants to be a dictator on day one, according to himself.”
