GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to pick sides in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. You know, I dont want to get into it, he told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski during a MSNBC town hall in Charleston, S.C.
If I win, I dont want to be in a position where Im saying to you [my choice] and the other side now says, We dont want Trump involved,'" the real estyate mogul said of potentially winning the presidency and then brokering a lasting peace deal. Let me be sort of a neutral guy, the billionaire added. "I have friends of mine that are tremendous businesspeople, that are really great negotiators, [and] they say its not doable.
You understand a lot of people have gone down in flames trying to make that deal. So I dont want to say whose fault it is I dont think that helps.
Trump said he would seek harmony in the Middle East as commander in chief no matter the difficulty.
Thats probably the toughest deal in the world right now to make, he said. "Its possible its not makeable because, dont forget, it has to last.
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Trump added that the biggest obstacle between Israel and Palestine making amends is the cycle of hatred between both factions.
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