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I was told the Trump admin would be effectively the same for Palestinians as a Dem admin. Unsurprisingly, it’s taken less than a week to see that is definitively false and just as dumb of a thought as it sounded before the election

I was told the Trump admin would be effectively the same for Palestinians as a Dem admin. Unsurprisingly, it’s taken less than a week to see that is definitively false and just as dumb of a thought as it sounded before the election 

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/25/trump-israel-bomb-shipment-hold-gaza

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negotiating tactic with whom and for what?
the thousands of years of history is what makes "relocate ppl" a non-starter. if it was that simple, it would have been done a long time ago.

point remains - Trump evidently just wants to end the conflict by any means possible, which means resuming sending massive artillery to Israel, which is ostensibly worse for Gazans and other Palestinians

I think releasing the weapons is more a negotiating tactic than anything else. It’s a no win situation because of the thousands of years of history. Hopefully they can end the blood shed , relocate ppl as needed and rebuild Gaza

Not sure what you mean by donating less -- Trump has already shown he's willing to continue supporting Israel's war on Gaza. In fact he'll gladly support any means to an end as long as he can claim the war is over so the details can be swept under the rug.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/foreign-aid-israel-egypt

As far as reneging on delivering arms, it was a hold which was pretty easy to rationalize (to me at least...) as moral/humanitarian given the already devastating results of the Israeli offensive.

Of course we're bothered by the choice of "horrific vs worse" but that is unfortunately the reality we face in many decisions. The sensible and moral choice is the less bad option. People who said a Dem admin would be essentially the same for Gazans as a Trump admin were being extremely naive, at best. I'm pissed off that those people tried to claim some sort of moral high ground instead of being honest about which option would actually reduce negative outcomes for the people in need.

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I definitely think he'll be worse in some ways, but I also think he's going to be "donating" less which will have a major impact on the war. 

I think the key thing from this is that it looks like Biden authorised the sale of these weapons and then reneged on their release

Do I think he'll be the same as/worse than Trump? No. 

Do I think his actions towards the Palestinians were horrific? Absolutely. 

I just fkn hate the choice of horrific vs worse

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