Trump, Netanyahu and a New Middle East
Townhall Review | Conservative Commentary On Today's News
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4.7 • 697 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Townhall Review – February 8, 2025
🔹 Trump Hosts Netanyahu – President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his first head-of-state meeting, reaffirming a strong U.S.-Israel alliance.
🔹 Trump’s Bold Gaza Proposal – The president leaves heads spinning with his unexpected declaration: “We’re going to take control of Gaza.” Analysis from Bret Baier of Fox News and John Podhoretz of Commentary Magazine.
🔹 USAID Scandal Unfolds – Shocking revelations about U.S. government funding of media organizations, including Politico, emerge. Mike Benz of the Foundation for Freedom Online joins Charlie Kirk to break it down.
🔹 Netanyahu & Trump: Parallel Leaders – Both figures are comeback stories, deeply polarizing, and determined to reshape history. Haviv Rettig Gur of The Times of Israel weighs in.
🔹 Sean Parnell at the Pentagon – The decorated combat veteran and new Chief Pentagon Spokesman joins Chris Stigall to discuss his role in the Trump administration.
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| 0:00.0 | This week in the town hall review with Hugh Hewitt. |
| 0:07.9 | Three weeks into the new Trump administration, and our new president hosts his first head of state. |
| 0:13.3 | Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 0:15.5 | I believe, Mr. President, that your willingness to think outside the box with fresh ideas will help us achieve all these goals. |
| 0:24.0 | And Trump leaves hedge spinning. |
| 0:26.2 | The U.S. will take over the Gaza script and we will do a job with it, too. |
| 0:30.7 | We're here from Brett Pair of Fox News. |
| 0:32.8 | I think he was talking to the Saudis, and I think he was saying, you know, listen, |
| 0:36.8 | if you guys don't step up with |
| 0:38.2 | a solution here, this could be my solution. And from the editor of Commentary Magazine, John Pod Horace. |
| 0:44.0 | We are not going to follow the rules of the last 60 years in the Middle East. And what follows from |
| 0:49.8 | that could be a hundred different things that aren't even Gaza. Plus, we are learning a lot about USAID. |
| 0:57.3 | USAID has mercenary media for hire. |
| 1:00.9 | We've got all this and more. |
| 1:02.4 | I'm Hugh Hewitt. Great to be with you. |
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| 1:23.3 | We'll begin today with President Trump hosting his first head of state, Israel's prime minister |
| 1:27.6 | Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 1:29.3 | He is the longest serving prime minister in the history of the Jewish state. |
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