President Trump called on Israel to get their war in Gaza over with, as they lose support across the aisle, warning that “They may be winning the war, but they’re not winning the world of public relations, you know, and it is hurting them.”
Trump sat for an interview with the Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese on Friday, and the topic of Israel came up. Reese asked Trump if he is worried that support for Israel is slipping among Americans under 50.
According to Pew Research, “the share of adults with a negative view of Israel rose 11 percentage points between March 2022 and March 2025.”
“There was a time where you couldn’t speak bad, if you wanted to be a politician, you couldn’t speak badly. But today, you have, you know, AOC plus three, and you have all these lunatics, and they’ve really, they’ve changed it,” Trump said. “Israel was the strongest lobby I’ve ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don’t, you know, I’m a little surprised to see that.”
But it’s not just far-left politicians and influencers objecting to support for Israel’s war following the October 7 attack. A number of Republican politicians, conservative commentators, and influencers, who describe their views as America First and noninterventionists, have begun to question American support for Israel and Israel’s influence in US politics.
As Reese noted, “There’s a growing group within the MAGA, America First coalition, Republicans, especially younger Republicans, who are skeptical of our support for Israel.”
Because of this, the Israeli Foreign Ministry recently funded a tour of Israel for 16 conservative influencers, with a goal to “boost Israel’s image among young American conservatives,” according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
“Foreign Ministry officials say the tour delivers significant media, advocacy, and diplomatic benefits – and represents a strategic shift, as traditional outreach is no longer sufficient to shape public opinion. They aim to leverage the massive followings of young social media influencers to bolster Israel’s standing in the U.S,” Haaretz reported.
Negative views of Israel’s campaign in Gaza and allegations of genocide and human rights abuses have harmed Israel’s reputation among not just liberals, but also some conservatives.
“They’re gonna have to get that war over with. But it is hurting Israel. There’s no question about it,” Trump warned. “They may be winning the war, but they’re not winning the world of public relations, you know, and it is hurting them.”
Transcript below via Daily Caller:
REESE: A different war, Israel, a March Pew Poll, found that 53% of surveyed U.S. adults had an unfavorable view of Israel, that’s down – or that is up from 42% in 2022. Among young Republicans under 50, 50% have an unfavorable view of Israel. That’s up from 35% in 2022. There’s a growing group within the MAGA, America First coalition, Republicans, especially younger Republicans, who are skeptical of our support for Israel. Are you aware of this group? Are you worried about it?
TRUMP: Yeah I’m aware of it. So, Israel is amazing, because, you know, I have good support from Israel. I have. Look, nobody has done more for Israel than I have, including the recent attacks with Iran, wiping that thing out. We, that plane, wiped them out like nobody ever saw before. You know, we got back and CNN was trying to say ‘well, maybe it wasn’t complete,’ and it turned out totally complete, beyond complete. But when, if you go back 20 years. I mean, I will tell you, Israel had the strongest lobby in Congress of anything or body, or of any company or corporation or state that I’ve ever seen. Israel was the strongest. Today, it doesn’t have that strong a lobby. It’s amazing.
There was a time where you couldn’t speak bad, if you wanted to be a politician, you couldn’t speak badly. But today, you have, you know, AOC plus three, and you have all these lunatics, and they’ve really, they’ve changed it. You’re too young to know this, but if you go back 15 years, probably that’s when it started, right. Israel, you would understand this very much, Israel was the strongest lobby I’ve ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don’t, you know, I’m a little surprised to see that. And people, they forgot about October 7th. You know, October 7th was a truly horrible day, because I’ve seen the pictures.
REESE: I was just over in Israel, and we went right up to the war where you could hear the bombs dropping in Gaza. And we went to the places from October 7th. Scary. Being in it. I understand —
TRUMP: It was a really bad one, right?
REESE: Yeah.
TRUMP: And you know, you have people that deny it ever happened, their deniers. You have people that deny the Holocaust ever happened. So, they’re gonna have to get that war over with. But it is hurting Israel. There’s no question about it. They may be winning the war, but they’re not winning the world of public relations, you know, and it is hurting them. But Israel was the strongest lobby 15 years ago that there has ever been, and now it’s, it’s been hurt, especially in Congress.
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