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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty The eternal victim of our time, Donald Trump, wants you to know that he is a deeply misunderstood man. The former president, who incited the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, is offended that anyone would think that he was talking about violence when he used the word "bloodbath."
On social media Monday morning, Trump lashed out at the "Fake News Media, and their Democrat Partners in the destruction of our Nation," for distorting what he said at a rally Saturday in Vandalia, Ohio.
When he warned that there would be "bloodbath" if he wasn't elected, Trump insisted, "he was simply referring to imports allowed by Crooked Joe Biden, which are killing the automobile industry."
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Jay Paul/ReutersDonald Trump once again pushed an antisemitic trope during a radio interview Monday, claiming that Jews who vote for Democrats "hate Israel" and "their religion."
Appearing on former Trump White House aide Sebastian Gorka's show on the Salem Radio Network, Trump was asked about some Democrats' comments that have been critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week, for instance, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called Netanyahu one of several "major obstacles" to peace between Israel and Palestine, and said he supported an election to replace him.
"Why is it, seemingly, that this administration, including Chuck Schumer in the Senate, so hate the man that Israel chose as their prime minister?" Gorka asked. "Why do the Democrats hate Benjamin Netanyahu?"
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Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty ImagesAn attempt by Donald Trump to block Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen from testifying at his upcoming criminal trial in New York was thrown out on Monday by the judge overseeing the case.
The former president's legal team had requested both Daniels and Cohen's testimony be barred, saying in a filing last month that Cohen was a liar and that Daniels is an opportunist.
"Similar to Cohen, she seeks to tell contrived stories with salacious details of events she claimed occurred nearly 20 years ago," his lawyers wrote.
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Fox NewsDonald Trump claims he'd be able to end the war in Gaza simply by pressuring Israel to seek out peace.
During an interview with Fox News' MediaBuzz, Trump blasted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and said Israel should disassociate itself from Democrats. He then claimed that he would tell Netanyahu to end the war "quickly," urging the country to move on from a state of violence.
"I think you have to finish it up and do it quickly and get back to the world of peace," Trump told host Howard Kurtz. "We need peace in the world."
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