Opinion: Trump’s Gaza ethnic cleansing plan should be taken seriously. Palestinians certainly do
The New York Times recently published a viral opinion video featuring journalist Ezra Klein. Analysing Donald Trump’s political strategy, Klein suggested that not every statement the US president makes should be taken seriously.
Trump’s approach, the video notes, relies on making a barrage of outrageous declarations designed to capture public attention, while his administration quietly advances its true agenda.
Klein’s argument is bolstered by insights from Steve Bannon, Trump’s former senior adviser, who elaborates on the administration’s modus operandi during Trump’s first term.
Klein’s assertions reveal, almost dystopically, the liberal left’s complacency in underestimating Trump’s tangible impacts on vulnerable communities who lack political or military power.
Trump’s first presidency demonstrated a clear seriousness in matters such as immigrant deportation, killing the Iran nuclear deal, relocating the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and brokering normalisation agreements between Israel and Arab states.