Wed. late morning 24 July 2024
Israeli prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
demonstrated before a joint session of Congress
(with Speaker of House Johnson (R-Louisiana)
and Senate Foreign Relations committee chair
Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) sitting directly behind
the speaker's podium) that he is master of U.S.
politics as he shook hands right and left on
the passage from entry to front of the assembly.
Some of the loudest ovations/cheers were for
attacking the protestors outdoors ("You are
Iran's useful idiots"), the Intl. Crim. Court ("blood
libel"), and Iran itself ("axis of terror").
This speech by a foreign leader was twice as long
as one given by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
seven months ago. . .Fiery one-liners were not
likely to get cheers when he meets on Thursday
at the White House with both POTUS Biden and
eventual nominee for Nov. 2024 Democratic
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. He will
also meet Friday at Mar-a-Lago with GOP candidate
Predecessor DJT.
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