A spokesperson for the Republican Party said Wednesday that US President-elect Donald Trump wants to see Israel wrap up its wars soon, with decisive victories.
Speaking to Israel’s Channel 12 news in the wake of Trump’s win in Tuesday’s election, GOP spokeswoman Elizabeth Pipko was asked about Trump’s comment, near the end of his victory speech, that, “I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars.”
“Does that mean that he expects Israel to end the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the war against Hamas in Gaza?” asked Channel 12 anchor Yonit Levi.
“I would say he expects them to end it by winning it, one hundred percent, that’s how he always talks about ending wars,” responded Pipko, adding that she didn’t believe Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, which started the ongoing war, would have happened had Trump been president at the time.