President Donald Trump's call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the American leader into one of Israel's most heated debates, unnerving some in its political class just days after they unanimously praised his strikes on Iran.
I don’t know what kind of framing or sanewashing this could have to sound good or the right thing to do.
Even if someone thought somehow that poor ol’ Bibi was being treated unfairly by the justice system… Being offered to be “saved” from accountability or justice is quite different than exonerated or justified, or even in the mildest language, protected. Trump is more or less implying that yes, Netanyahu is corrupt, but he needs to be saved from consequences because Trump likes this corruption.
I don’t know what kind of framing or sanewashing this could have to sound good or the right thing to do.
Even if someone thought somehow that poor ol’ Bibi was being treated unfairly by the justice system… Being offered to be “saved” from accountability or justice is quite different than exonerated or justified, or even in the mildest language, protected. Trump is more or less implying that yes, Netanyahu is corrupt, but he needs to be saved from consequences because Trump likes this corruption.