Posted on 02/26/2016 7:25:36 PM PST by Kaslin
Appearing as a guest on Friday's Fox and Friends, FNC's Geraldo Rivera touted GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump as "the reasonable man on the stage" at last night's presidential debate, and went on to praise Trump's "unparalleled courage" for taking a position of neutrality on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
After acknowledging that the GOP presidential candidate would have to answer for his history of having illegal immigrants doing construction work for him, Rivera brought up Trump's position on Israel as he added:
My point, Brian, is that in the big picture this was the reasonable man on the stage. How is that, that this is the person who stands up there and says in an act I think of unparalleled courage in American politics: "I am going to be neutral when it comes to Israel and the Arab surrounding nations...FNC's Rivera Lauds Trump's 'Unparalleled Courage' of Being Neutral on Israel
After co-host Brian Kilmeade jumped in to complain, "Hamas is equal with Israel? That's an embarrassing statement!" Rivera continued:
Brian, do you want peace or do you want this deteriorating situation, this malignant situation to continue? He is a man who doesn't say, "I'm only on one side."
Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Friday, February 26, Fox and Friends on FNC:
8:18 a.m. ET
GERALDO RIVERA: I think that that particular story is an embarrassment Donald Trump has to deal with. My point, Brian, is that in the big picture this was the reasonable man on the stage. How is that, that this is the person who stands up there and says in an act I think of unparalleled courage in American politics: "I am going to be neutral when it comes to Israel and the Arab surrounding nations, I want-"
BRIAN KILMEADE: Hamas is equal with Israel? That's an embarrassing statement!
RIVERA: It's the other -- Brian, do you want peace or do you want this deteriorating situation, this malignant situation to continue? He is a man who doesn't say, "I'm only on one side." He's a man who says, I want, don't you think-
KILMEADE: An eleventh grade social studies kid would know the answer to that question.
RIVERA: All right, let me ask you this, let me ask you this: Can anyone put these people together in a room and negotiate in the way that Trump has negotiated: "What do you give up? What do you give up? Okay, I'll give this street, I'll give you that neighborhood. You can have that wall. You can have this synagogue. You can have that mosque." I think that Trump is the only one that can reasonably negotiate a deal in the Middle East.
KILMEADE: He doesn't even understand the history of the -- he doesn't even understand the history of the peace talks. You got to go there with the knowledge and a fundamental understanding.
“Its my observation that Trump was listening and learning because he kept his mouth shut while they spoke. I wouldnt be surprised to see him dig deeper into it and learn even more.”
I noticed that too. I believe he is listening to every single word and if there’s something he’s not sure about he finds out about it.
When Geraldo comes on, I change channels.
Yes. But it is not true.
Geraldo Rivera is a left-winger, a Trump supporter, and an anti-Semite.
Meanwhile, Cruz has repeatedly said he would move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to the Israel capital, Jerusalem.
Every time that Puerto Rican racist Geraldo opens his mouth on some TV show he displays his pacifist, flower child intellect. He’s mostly famous for talking over anyone who disagrees with his comments, using a loud voice so the time runs out on the TV segment. He did it again Friday on BOR by talking over Eric Boling. .....Sorry folks. I went off topic.
You have to negotiate from a neutral position if you want to get both parties engaged. Its not rocket science. Well at least it isnt to those with executive experience.
Or common sense. As with most of us, I’m fiercely Pro-Israel but the Donald clearly knows how to negotiate. Unlike the whiny cry baby Cuban Senators.
>>>You have to negotiate from a neutral position if you want to get both parties engaged.
B.S.
You don’t pretend to be neutral on terrorism. If terrorists don’t want to “engage” without stopping terror, you don’t engage at all.
>>Well at least it isnt to those with executive experience.
It’s not a business deal.
>>>Donald clearly knows how to negotiate.
This ain’t real estate, the WWE, the USFL or Atlantic City.
There’s no Art of the Deal with terrorists.
Of course you start out negotiations EVEN HANDED. But once Trump gets a taste of how the other side negotiates and how they have held up in prior agreements, that’s pretty much the end of things.
IOW, he understands the adage that "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"....
I always mute my TV when he is on. I can’t stand him
Trump/Rivera!
I think he’s very naive
It's a good thing the Palestinians don't read American newspapers, otherwise they might find out that Trump's speaking out of both sides of his mouth.
Then again, that doesn't bother Trump's supporters, so maybe the Palestinians won't mind either.
Wow...Trump is good at making a deal, but the guy isn't god...
Some here think he is, but I digress...
I can not believe Rivera is that clueless to think ' making a deal ' is the problem...
The one and only deal the palestinians will agree to is for the jews to walk into the mediterranean enmass...
I thought the job of negotiating those deals was up to the State Department, not individual Senators.
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