Why is Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy so Destructively Subservient to Israel? Alastair Crooke Explains how the President was Saved by the Israel Lobby
By Afshin Rattansi
Why is Donald Trump’s foreign policy so destructively subservient to Israel? Alastair Crooke explains how the President was saved by the Israel lobby:
‘Sheldon Adelson saved Trump. In the 80s and 90s the whole Trump empire was collapsing because the Atlantic Trump Casino was in financial difficulties, but the structure of his company meant that he would lose all his properties.
And it was Sheldon Adelson who put together some like-minded pro-Israeli billionaires that saved him.
So he owed everything, if you like, to that group of Israeli billionaires. They saved him, and he’s been repaying them in kind ever since.’
-Alastair Crooke, the former Middle East Advisor to the EU Foreign Policy Chief, on Going Underground.
Why is Donald Trump’s foreign policy so destructively subservient to Israel? Alastair Crooke explains how the President was saved by the Israel lobby:
‘Sheldon Adelson saved Trump. In the 80s and 90s the whole Trump empire was collapsing because the Atlantic Trump Casino was in… https://t.co/ZQ7IpKyEfb pic.twitter.com/aSZ1wuGhwd
— Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) March 14, 2026
