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Trump reportedly talked with Israel PM Netanyahu to avert a cease-fire deal in Gaza, fearing that this could help Vice President Kamala Harris win the U.S. presidential election (newrepublic.com)

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If reports are true, it would be a violation of the Logan Act.

“The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the Prime Minister of Israel, urging him not to cut a deal right now, because it’s believed that would help the Harris campaign,” said PBS’s Judy Woodruff Monday night. “So, I don’t know where—who knows whether that will come about or not, but I have to think that the Harris campaign would like for President Biden to do what presidents do, and that’s to work on that one.”

Woodruff clarified on Wednesday that the anecdote was not based on her original reporting, but rather on an an Axios story last week that cited two U.S. sources as claiming that Trump and Netanyahu had spoken on the phone about cease-fire and Gaza hostage talks. Netanyahu’s office and Trump both separately denied the report.

“I did encourage him to get this over with. You want to get it over with fast. Have victory, get your victory, and get it over with. It has to stop, the killing has to stop,” Trump said at a New Jersey press conference on Thursday, referring to their meeting at Mar-a-Lago last month. But he also criticized cease-fire demands.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 54 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Continuing the old Republican tradition of prolonging wars and crises, no matter how many people suffer or die, to make their opponent look bad in an election. Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks to prolong the war and defeat Johnson; Reagan is said to have sabotaged talks with Iran to prevent American hostages being released, in order to defeat Carter.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Reagan-Carter election is the first one I vaguely remember as a kid, and to have the news of the freed hostages get announced at the inauguration seemed so convenient even for a politically uninformed kid. Yet I heard so much of "see, he got elected and got them free!" NO, Carter did the work, dumbasses. At the cost of his reelection.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was rumored that the same violation of the Logan act occurred with Reagan

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Rumoured? Iran-Contra was well publicised and accepted as fact.

[–] AckPhttt@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's being discussed for Reagan is the " October Surprise" (not Iran-Contra, a different scandal).

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, my bad,I thought they were linked (in the sense that the weapons from Iran Contra were promised in exchange for the hostages), but I guess they were seperate.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

Iran-Contra was about the sale of weapons to Iran during Reagan's second term, not violating the Logan act before his administration.