{"id":594391,"date":"2023-10-15T20:04:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T17:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/graham-calls-trumps-praise-of-hezbollah-a-huge-mistake\/"},"modified":"2023-10-15T20:04:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T17:04:18","slug":"graham-calls-trumps-praise-of-hezbollah-a-huge-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/graham-calls-trumps-praise-of-hezbollah-a-huge-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"#Graham calls Trump\u2019s praise of Hezbollah a \u2018huge mistake\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/lindseygraham_050223ag01_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is the latest Republican to criticize former President Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent praise of Iran-backed Hezbollah last week. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, that was a huge mistake. If I were President Trump, I talk about being the strongest president for Israel in modern times,\u201d Graham said on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d when asked about Trump\u2019s remarks. He\u2019s \u2013 he issued a statement two days ago, I stand with Bibi, I stand with Israel. Yeah, it was a mistake. He\u2019s on the right track.\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In recent days, Trump has faced blowback for calling Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon, as \u201cvery smart, they\u2019re all very smart.\u201d The U.S. has labelled Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence have all pushed back on Trump\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has attempted to walk back the remarks, saying that just because he called Hezbollah \u201csmart\u201d does not mean that he was praising the group. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump was clearly pointing out how incompetent Biden and his administration were by telegraphing to the terrorists an area that is susceptible to an attack. Smart does not equal good,\u201d read a tweet from\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1712300095343910945\">the campaign\u2019s \u201cWar Room\u201d account<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump is also facing criticism for his remarks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who he accused of \u201cletting us down\u201d in 2020 just before the U.S. killed a top Iranian <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>. Graham also said Sunday that this criticism of Netanyahu was \u201cnot helpful\u201d at this time. <\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah and Israel\u00a0have exchanged fire\u00a0in recent days in the wake of Israel\u2019s separate front against Palestinian militant group Hamas, which launched a surprise attack on Israel over a week ago. The war has claimed more than 3,600 lives across Israel and Gaza as Israel prepares for a possible ground operation into Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is the latest Republican to criticize former President Trump\u2019s apparent praise of Iran-backed Hezbollah last week. \u201cYeah, that was a huge mistake. If I were President Trump, I talk about being the strongest president for Israel in modern times,\u201d Graham said on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d when asked about Trump\u2019s remarks&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":594392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/lindseygraham_050223ag01_w.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[74723,134343,4941,103820,113691,90482,124783,2184,71671,28962,70289],"class_list":["post-594391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-campaign","tag-donald-trump","tag-hamas","tag-hezbollah","tag-house","tag-international","tag-israel","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-mike-pence","tag-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}