How Trump's love for TV shapes US diplomacy
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In his words, it was images of emaciated children in
Gaza that Trump saw on
television – his main window into the world that has long shaped his political and diplomatic decision-making.
Trump made clear his affection for the small screen in late July when asked if he agreed with
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu , a major US ally, that there was no famine in Gaza.
'Based on television, I would say not particularly, because those children look very hungry,' said Trump, a former
reality TV star
'That's real starvation stuff. I see it, and you can't fake that.'
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Since then, the 79-year-old has repeated that aid must be brought to people living in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, though he has stopped short of any major diplomatic moves.
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