Many of Donald Trump’s allies have signaled their support for Israel,
but the ongoing war and the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza have
set off a deep fissure in the MAGA base.

Right-wing Florida Rep. Randy Fine, who made a name for himself with a
series of blatant Islamophobic and racist statements, wrote a recent
post on X that was a step too far for some.

“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away,” he wrote about the
hunger crisis in Gaza.

The Republican lawmaker has continued to claim it is a lie that millions
are on the brink of starvation in Gaza, even as President Donald Trump
said this week it is very real.

The American Jewish Committee immediately condemned Fine’s statement as “unacceptable” and called for humanitarian aid to be delivered to those
in need. The lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee appeared to
have dropped its endorsement of Fine.

On Monday, MAGA firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tore into the
Florida congressman.

“I can only imagine how Florida’s 6th district feels now that their Representative, that they were told to vote for, openly calls for
starving innocent people and children,” the Georgia congresswoman wrote.

“It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel
was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza.”

She wrote that Fine’s “calling for the continued starvation of innocent people and children is disgraceful” and warned his “awful statement will actually cause more antisemitism.”

The split between Trump supporters came as the president on Monday said
that Israel bore “a lot of responsibility” for the humanitarian crisis
in Gaza in a strong rebuke of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump disagreed with the Israeli leader and said in response to a
question from a reporter in Scotland that there were people starving.

“We can save a lot of people, I mean some of those kids. That’s real starvation. I see it, and you can’t fake that, so we’re going to be even more involved,” Trump said.

His comment was in direct contradiction with Fine, who as recently as
Sunday was insisting “there is no starvation” and that claims otherwise
are a “lie.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-civil-war-erupts-over-gaza-as-gop-rep-says-starve-away/

It's great that Trump, after proposing the amusement park and the exodus
of the Palestinians, now sees what he really did propose. Unlike a
Finnish MP just the other day, Trump now seems to think "you can't fake
this".

With the small cattery around recently, Trump just might get his peace
prize for this.

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