2019 Dec 08 Trump; Delivers Remarks at Israeli American Council National Summit

Remarks: US President Donald Trump was the keynote speaker on Saturday night at the 2019 Israeli American Council (IAC) National Summit being held in Miami, Florida. Trump was introduced by Sheldon Adelson and Dr Miriam Adelson who said, “President Trump deserves our gratitude as proud Israelis, as proud Americans and as proud Jews, no matter what our politics are.” FULL STORY HERE: https://www.4cmitv.com/2019/12/08/2019-dec-08-trump-delivers-remarks-at-israeli-american-council-national-summit/

Trump travels to Florida for speech to Israeli-American group^[1]CBS News ran the headline

CBS News reported: President Trump travels to Florida to speak at the Israeli American Council National Summit. President Trump travelled to Florida for a private fundraiser and to speak at the Israeli-American Council National Summit on Saturday night, following a week of critical developments in the House impeachment inquiry back in Washington.

The president spent much of his speech touting his administration’s support for Israel, particularly in working to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. The Israeli-American Council is a Jewish organization funded; by one of Mr Trump’s supporters, billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Mr Trump was introduced on stage by the Adelsons. During his speech, the president touted his son-in-law’s work on peace in the Middle East.

He also joked that attendees would vote for him even if they don’t like him because they don’t want someone like “Pocahontas” — his nickname for Senator Elizabeth Warren — to impose a wealth tax.

Mr Trump’s trip to Florida, a critical swing state, comes a day after the White House sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler saying the president will not participate in upcoming committee impeachment proceedings. The committee is set to hold its second hearing on Monday.

“As you know, your impeachment enquiry is completely baseless and has violated basic principles of due process and fundamental fairness,” White House counsel Pat Cipollone said in a letter to Nadler. “Whatever your course, you should choose, as the president has recently stated: ‘If you are going to impeach me, do it now, fast, so we can have a fair trial in the Senate, and so that our country can get back to business.'”

A senior administration official confirmed the letter means the White House will not participate in the proceedings.

Nadler, who informed Mr Trump of Friday’s deadline over the Thanksgiving holiday, expressed disappointment but said “the president’s failure [to appear] will not prevent us from carrying out our solemn constitutional duty.”

The White House chose not to send any legal representation to the first Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, where lawmakers heard eight hours of testimony from four constitutional law experts about the constitutional grounds for impeachment. Three of them said the president committed impeachable offences in his dealings with Ukraine. The fourth scholar, who was a witness called by Republicans, said the Democrats don’t have enough evidence to impeach him.

On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Democratic committee chairs to draft articles of impeachment against Mr Trump.

Given that Democrats control the House, Mr Trump is likely to be impeached. The vote is expected to occur along party lines since Republicans consider the impeachment inquiry an overreach by Democrats and an attempt to undo the 2016 election results. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham seemed to suggest she believes the president will be impeached.

“We look forward to a fair trial in the Senate,” she said in a statement Thursday.

Date: 2019 December 07 | Author: by Grace Segers | Time: 9:59 PM | URL: cbsnews.com  | Article: Trump travels to Florida for speech to Israeli-American group

Trump at IAC: US-Israeli relationship stronger than ever before.^[2]Israel National News ran the headline

Israel National News said: US President speaks at 2019 IAC National Summit. “There are people that are Jewish people who don’t love Israel enough.”

US President Donald Trump was the keynote speaker on Saturday night at the 2019 Israeli American Council (IAC) National Summit being held in Miami, Florida.

Trump was introduced by Sheldon Adelson and Dr Miriam Adelson who said, “President Trump deserves our gratitude as proud Israelis, as proud Americans and as proud Jews, no matter what our politics are.”

The Adelsons gave Trump a Hanukkiyah as a gift before he began speaking.

The crowd welcomed Trump enthusiastically, chanting “Four more years!” before he took the podium.

The President began his remarks by sending condolences to the victims of Friday’s shooting at a naval base in Pensacola.

“Thank you for the invitation to address you today,” said Trump, who thanked, among others, his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner for working to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs.

“It’s truly my honour to be here this evening, to celebrate our progress, to deepen the incredible partnership between the United States and Israel, and it suffered greatly in the last administration. I don’t think they liked Israel too much, I’m sorry,” he said.

“After eight long years in which our alliance was undermined and neglected, I’m happy to report that the United States-Israeli relationship is stronger now than ever before.”

“We have to get the people of our country, of this country, to love Israel more, I have to tell you that. We have to do it. We have to get them to love Israel more. Because you have people that are Jewish people that are great people — they don’t love Israel enough,” he said.

Trump recalled that “many many presidents said they were going to move the embassy to Jerusalem and they never did it, and I understand why they never did it. When they thought I was going to do it, and they; I heard I was going to make an announcement in two weeks, I started getting calls from everyone: ‘Don’t do it. It will be terrible if you do it. It will be horrible if you do it.’”

“And then the time came closer and closer, and I learned why other presidents, in all fairness to them, why they made the campaign promise but why they never got it off. They were beseeched by foreign leaders, the biggest people in the world called them. About a week and a half in I said, ‘Listen, tell these people I’ll call them back. I’m so busy.’ And then I made the announcement at the White House that we’re moving the embassy to Jerusalem, and it was a big deal and it was great, and a day went by, and a second day went by and there was no violence. About 20 people were violent in the front row but there was nobody behind them.”

He noted that he saved $2 billion by building the embassy in a location that the US already owned and which had a building on it. “I am honoured to say that we went there, we cut the ribbon, the building is gorgeous, you’ve got a beautiful embassy, it’s in Jerusalem, and you have something that you always wanted. It was a great, great day.”

Trump noted how, in recent weeks, “When rockets have been launched at Israel from Gaza, my administration has stood with Israel and it’s right to self-defence. We’ve called for the release of Israeli hostages and the remains of Israeli soldiers returned to Israel by Hamas.”

He noted the recent elimination of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and declared, “Our message to the bloodthirsty terrorists is clear: You don’t stand a chance against the awesome power of the United States military.”

He denounced Iran and the nuclear agreement that was signed during the Obama administration and from which he withdrew and noted the recent riots in Iran in which he believes thousands were killed, numbers that cannot be confirmed since the regime shut off the internet during the riots.

“America will always stand with the Iranian people and their righteous struggle for freedom. Last year, the country’s Supreme Leader, as they call him, said ‘Israel is a malignant cancerous tumour that has to be removed and eradicated from the face of the earth.’ We must never allow a regime that chants ‘Death to America and ‘Death to Israel’ to obtain a nuclear weapon.”

Trump stressed that his administration “vigorously condemns the BDS campaign against Israel” and noted that “sadly, BDS has also made disturbing headway on American college campuses” before inviting an NYU alum to the stage to speak of her experience with BDS on campus.

He denounced radical lawmakers who promote BDS and stressed, “Americans will not stand for it.”

“One lawmaker said that Israel ‘hypnotized the world’ and said that support for Israel ‘is all about the Benjamins,’” said Trump, referencing the remarks by Rep. Ilhan Omar. “My administration strongly opposes this despicable rhetoric. As long as I’m your president, it makes no difference. It’s not happening.”

Throughout the entire speech, which lasted for close to an hour, Trump refrained from mentioning Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu by name, likely due to the sensitive period in Israel.

After his speech, the Shalva band sang “God Bless America”. At the conclusion the song, the band members received a warm hug from the president.

Date: 2019 Dec 08 | Time: 09:16 AM | Author: by Arutz Sheva Staff | URL: israelnationalnews.com | Article Title: Trump at IAC: US-Israeli relationship stronger than ever before.

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