Former President Donald Trump condemned anti-Israel unrest on college campuses and cities, equating the protesters to the individuals who breached the Capitol on January 6, 2021. He called on the government to treat the anti-Israel agitators “the same way as they do the J6 hostages.”
Trump’s remarks came after protests outside the Met Gala in New York City devolved into chaos, with protesters burning an American flag and vandalizing a World War I memorial. Similar demonstrations have occurred on college campuses across the country, with students and outside agitators establishing anti-Israel encampments and demanding divestment from Israel.
Trump attributed the protests to left-wing organizations and dark money donors, highlighting the involvement of groups such as National Students for Justice in Palestine. He emphasized the need to suppress the unrest, claiming it is a problem stemming from the left rather than the right.
Trump’s comments coincided with Stormy Daniels’ testimony in his criminal trial, where she detailed an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006. Legal experts criticized the testimony as irrelevant to the charges against Trump, which revolve around falsifying business records related to payments made to Daniels to silence her claims about the alleged affair.