(OPINION) – An Assassination Attempt, Key Court Rulings and Wars

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Recent domestic and foreign affairs reflect challenging and dangerous times.

Columnist Michael Goodman traced the failed July assassination attempt on former president Donald J. Trump, blaming anti-Trump forces for motivating the assassin after “they called him a threat to democracy, unleashed agents to investigate him, rigged trials to put him in prison, keep him off ballots, bankrupt him, and now they have shot him.”

Brave Secret Service agents protected the wounded Trump and killed the assailant. But questions about the Secret Service response led to the resignation of USSS director Kimberly Cheatle.

Prior to the attempted assassination, Joel Pollak reported, “The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Donald Trump in a 6-3 decision that presidents are covered by limited immunity from criminal prosecutions for actions taken while in office.”

That was a significant Trump win against prosecution attempts. Andrea Widburg wrote that “Trump was triumphant, as federal judge Aileen Cannon mirrored Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, dismissing prosecutor Jack Smith’s Mara-Lago documents case, questioning the legality of his appointment, and problematic charges.

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On the international scene, significant and compelling foreign policy events are worthy of note.

The U.S. and European nations are supportive of the Ukraine war and have furnished President Zelensky with a plethora of advanced weapons and supplies to thwart Russian military attacks.

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The U.S. and Europe are more critical of Israel’s existential war against Hamas and Hezbollah genocide following their invasion of Israel

Newsmax reporter Kenneth Timmerman tracked the threats to Israel in its “fight for survival,” Prime Minister Netanyahu’s “fight against U.S. efforts to undermine him,” and Iran’s nuclear threat.

Timmerman writes, “A defiant, Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for a wider war and showdown with Iran,” with the prime minister’s stark warning: “If we don’t resolve this now, we will be destroyed.’

The Biden administration sought to limit Israeli military action in Gaza and supports a two-state solution of a sovereign Gaza adjacent to Israel. Biden was allegedly influenced by the large numbers of Arab-Muslim American voters and their “pro-Palestinian agenda.”

The pro-Hamas faction in Gaza denies Israel’s right to exist. Netanyahu has made clear he does not favor a sovereign Gaza, that element of “the two-state solution.” The Israeli Defense Force and Netanyahu say their objective is to destroy the adversaries who attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

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