Trump accuses President Biden of siding with Hamas

Former President Trump accused President Biden of siding with Hamas by threatening to halt arms deliveries to Israel, calling the stance "disgraceful."

"'Deceitful Joe' is siding with Hamas, just as he chose to side with the extremists who are taking over our universities," former President Donald Trump posted on his own social media platform Truth Social on May 9, referring to the wave of protests against the conflict in Gaza that swept U.S. universities.

A day earlier, US President Joe Biden warned of halting arms supplies to Israel if it continues its large-scale operation into Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinian civilians are sheltering.

Speaking to reporters outside the courtroom of the New York porn star gag case afterwards, Trump criticized "what Biden is doing to Israel that is disgraceful."

"He completely abandoned Israel and nobody would believe it," said Trump, the expected Republican nominee in the November election



Many senior Republicans also criticized President Biden's decision. "Biden cannot assert sustained support for Israel while refusing to provide the weapons it needs to defend itself," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on X.

Facing growing pressure from leftists in the Democratic Party to limit arms deliveries to Israel, Biden last week halted shipments of 1,800 bombs weighing nearly a ton and 1,500 smaller bombs scheduled for Tel Aviv


The Biden administration has also taken smaller steps to express its displeasure with Israel, including imposing sanctions on extremist settlers and passing a U.N. Security Council resolution supporting a ceasefire.

The White House insists Biden remains strongly supportive of Israel. "The suggestion that we are leaving our role and unwilling to help them defeat Hamas is not true," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.

Kirby noted that President Biden visited Israel just days after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and ordered U.S. warplanes to assist in shooting down missiles and drones aimed at Israel in the Iranian attack.

President Biden directed his team of associates to work with Israel to "adjust" its strategy to defeat Hamas, arguing that "attacking Rafah is not the way to achieve that goal," according to Kirby