Trump Counters Netanyahu On 'real Starvation' In Gaza: From The Politics Desk

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In today’s newsletter, NBC News reporters from crossed nan world sewage nan latest connected really nan Trump management is responding to nan hunger situation successful Gaza and really President Trump contradicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today. Separately, it’s only mid-2025 but cardinal developments successful nan 2026 races crossed 3 states are already shaping adjacent year’s conflict for nan Senate. Read connected for more.

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Trump speaks connected 'real starvation' successful Gaza

President Donald Trump did thing notable Monday — he collapsed pinch Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful a salient way, complete Netanyahu’s remark that location is “no starvation successful Gaza.”

Speaking successful Scotland, Trump said that nan U.S. would group up nutrient centers successful Gaza arsenic “we person to get nan kids fed,” NBC News’ Chantal Da Silva writes. Trump said he had seen images of Palestinians connected TV and that “those children look very hungry.” He later added that nan scenes were “real starvation” and that “you can’t clone that.”

His views were echoed by Vice President JD Vance, who successful consequence to a question from NBC News’ Henry Gomez connected a travel to Canton, Ohio, said nan Trump management was “very worried astir nan humanitarian problem successful Gaza” and wanted to make judge that starving children sewage food.

The comments from nan president, a patient state of Netanyahu, came amid mounting world outrage over rising deaths from malnutrition amid Israel’s subject violative connected nan territory.

The Israel Defense Forces yesterday started carrying retired constricted pauses successful fighting successful 3 populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day. But assistance groups person warned that nan trickle of aid entering nan enclave is not capable to stave disconnected famine.

“This is progress, but immense amounts of assistance are needed to stave disconnected famine and a catastrophic wellness crisis,” United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said successful a statement.

Speaking connected nan sidelines of a gathering pinch British Prime Minister Keir Starmer astatine his play edifice successful Turnberry, Scotland, Trump said that nan U.S. would beryllium moving pinch its European partners to reside nan situation successful Gaza. He offered fewer different specifications astir nan plan.

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A governor, a trucker and a Project 2025 designer style nan Senate map

By Bridget Bowman

The conflict for nan Senate successful 2026 is taking shape, pinch cardinal candidates launching (or ruling out) campaigns successful caller days.

Democrats still look an uphill climb done pro-Trump territory to nett nan 4 seats they would request to get nan majority, but they sewage a boost coming erstwhile erstwhile Gov. Roy Cooper announced he is running for nan unfastened North Carolina spot successful nan Senate.

Democrats haven’t won a Senate title location since 2008, and Trump won North Carolina by 3 points successful 2024. But Democrats position Cooper arsenic a beardown contender pinch a winning grounds and immoderate cross-partisan appeal. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley is expected to jump in connected nan Republican broadside to switch retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis.

Meanwhile, Republicans aren’t contented to take sides their majority; they want to grow it, mounting their sights connected Michigan and Georgia, wherever nan Republican superior fields person developed successful nan past week.

In Michigan, wherever Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is retiring, GOP Rep. Bill Huizenga announced past week that he would not tally for Senate, efficaciously clearing nan section for erstwhile Rep. Mike Rogers, who has nan backing of Senate Republican leaders. Democrats, meanwhile, person aggregate candidates vying for nan statement nod.

In Georgia, GOP Rep. Mike Collins announced coming that he is moving for Senate, saying it’s “time to nonstop a trucker to nan U.S. Senate to steamroll nan extremist left” — a motion to his trucking company.

Collins’ entranceway is nan latest motion that Republicans will person a superior conflict connected their hands successful nan title against Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. GOP Rep. Buddy Carter is besides moving (and pouring successful his ain money). But nan section did shrink past week erstwhile authorities Insurance Commissioner John King ended his campaign aft gathering pinch GOP Gov. Brian Kemp, according to nan Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The insubstantial reported that Kemp is maneuvering down nan scenes to boost erstwhile University of Tennessee shot coach Derek Dooley’s imaginable Senate bid.

One last Senate note: While South Carolina is not needfully connected nan Senate battleground map, a crowded GOP superior is besides brewing arsenic Sen. Lindsey Graham runs for re-election. NBC’s Allan Smith reports coming that Paul Dans, an designer of Project 2025, is expected to situation Graham, who is already facing a superior situation from erstwhile Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer.

That’s each From nan Politics Desk for now. Today’s newsletter was compiled by Scott Bland and Dylan Ebs.

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