U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said:
"Netanyahu said a few days ago that he had waited 40 years... to get to this point..."
"It took him 40 years to find a president who is so foolish as to drag the United States into this war — it's really not easy."
Not very harmful, but extremely insulting.
According to foreign media reports, Van Hollen made these remarks after a classified Senate briefing on the situation in Iran.
The core meaning he wanted to convey was to mock Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for finally finding a U.S. president willing to abandon America's strategic autonomy and recklessly "take fire for Israel's interests" (Trump). Van Hollen used the words "foolish" and "drag into," strongly criticizing the Trump administration's Middle East policy for lacking independent judgment and violating America's own interests.
Van Hollen's remarks reveal an abnormal relationship:
Usually, the U.S. acts as the leader, with allies cooperating with its global strategy.
But now, the situation has reversed: the U.S. is implementing Israel's strategy — "We are doing what Prime Minister Netanyahu has wanted to do for 40 years." Therefore, he sarcastically called Trump the first president willing to let the U.S. play this role.
In summary, Van Hollen was using highly sarcastic language to accuse Trump of recklessly dragging the U.S. into an unnecessary war to accommodate the personal political agenda of the Israeli prime minister, without a clear strategy or in line with American interests.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1858879066406924/
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