{"id":2498430,"date":"2025-10-13T14:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-plays-stand-up-comedian-in-improvised-knesset-remarks\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:21:33","slug":"trump-plays-stand-up-comedian-in-improvised-knesset-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-plays-stand-up-comedian-in-improvised-knesset-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump plays stand-up comedian in improvised Knesset remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-plays-stand-up-comedian-in-improvised-knesset-remarks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2498430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump delivered an improvised and sometimes humorous speech at the Israeli Knesset,celebrating the release of all living hostages from Gaza. During his address, Trump mixed diplomatic remarks with jokes about corruption scandals, Israeli Defense Forces soldiers&#8217; appearances, his billionaire supporters, and his daughter Ivanka Trump&#8217;s marriage to Jared Kushner. He praised Israeli Prime Minister benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s wartime leadership and jokingly urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Netanyahu, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cole-well-be-here-until-the-government-opens-up\/\" title=\"Rep. Cole: &#039;We&#039;ll Stay Until Government Reopens&#039;\">faces corruption charges<\/a> in Israeli courts.<\/p>\n<p>Trump expressed admiration for the 2020 Abraham Accords and appreciated the name of the U.S. military&#8217;s &#8220;Midnight Hammer&#8221; airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites. He acknowledged billionaire donor Miriam Adelson, humorously questioning weather her greater loyalty lay with Israel or the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his speech, Trump balanced optimism with political realism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-promises-more-aid-to-kyiv-as-air-raid-sirens-blare-across-ukraine\/\" title=\"NATO Promises More Aid to Kyiv as Air Raid Sirens Blare Across Ukraine\">pledging continued support<\/a> for Israel while suggesting his stance could change if unwise leaders came to power. After speaking at the Knesset, Trump departed for Egypt to co-chair a &#8220;Summit for Peace&#8221; with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, focusing on implementing his peace plan for the Gaza Strip.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump plays stand-up comedian in improvised, sometimes pointed remarks at Israeli Knesset<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2372007\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Donald Trump<\/a> played diplomat and stand-up comedian during his speech at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knesset<\/a>, where he celebrated the release of all living hostages from Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the Israeli legislature on Monday, Trump offered a series of off-the-cuff remarks and jokes about corruption scandals, the handsome features of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/idf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel Defense Forces soldiers<\/a>, his billionaire funders, and his daughter&rsquo;s marriage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3847963\/israel-releases-1900-palestinian-prisoners-hamas-ceasefire-peace-plan\/\">Israel releases 1,900 Palestinian prisoners as part of peace plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3847782\/photos-freed-israeli-hostages-reunite-with-families\/\">PHOTOS: Freed hostages reunite with their families<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3847722\/israel-lavishes-trump-praise-visit-living-hostages-released\/\">Israel lavishes praise on Trump during visit for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-lauds-trump-during-visit-for-living-hostages-release\/\" title=\"... lauds ... during visit for ...&#039; ...\">living hostages&#8217; release<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Some of the bits were light-hearted and observational, such as his bemusement by the Hebrew pronunciation of the Abraham Accords &mdash; the 2020 normalization agreement between Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bahrain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bahrain<\/a>, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I like calling it the &lsquo;Avraham Accords&rsquo; &mdash; &lsquo;Avraham&rsquo; &mdash; it&rsquo;s so cool, it&rsquo;s so much nicer, you know?&rdquo; Trump told the crowd, to laughter from the lawmakers. &ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t want to sound too sanctimonious when I do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks at the Knesset, Israel&rsquo;s parliament, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Saul Loeb\/Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At another point, Trump expressed his appreciation for the name of the U.S. military&rsquo;s Jun. 22 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3475433\/assessment-suggests-us-israeli-strikes-set-back-iran-nuclear-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Midnight Hammer &mdash; boy, that&rsquo;s a great name for what we did,&rdquo; he said, smiling.<\/p>\n<p>Gesturing toward IDF personnel in attendance, Trump called the soldiers &ldquo;central casting&rdquo; for their good looks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s put &rsquo;em in a movie,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;You could get rich making movies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, some of Trump&rsquo;s comments went beyond observational and provided glimpses of his relationships with members of the audience.<\/p>\n<p>While praising Israeli Prime Minister<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> for his leadership during wartime, Trump unexpectedly called on Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon &ldquo;Bibi.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hey, I have an idea &mdash; Mr. President, why don&rsquo;t you give him a pardon?&rdquo; Trump said to massive applause. &ldquo;By the way, that was not in the speech, as you probably know. But I happen to like this gentleman right over here, and it just seems to make so much sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu is facing three criminal charges for corruption by Israeli courts on allegations that he received illicit gifts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Cigars and champagne? Who the hell cares about that?&rdquo; Trump joked about the allegations before adding, &ldquo;Okay, enough controversy for the day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as President Donald Trump addresses the Knesset, Israel&rsquo;s parliament, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Jalaa Marey\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, veiled behind Trump&rsquo;s expressions of support for the Jewish state was an undercurrent of political realism as he fluctuated between optimism and grim warning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always stood for the people of this community, and I always will. I&rsquo;ll always be with you. I&rsquo;m always gonna be with you,&rdquo; Trump said before walking that promise back.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess maybe something could happen to change my mind &mdash; somebody that&rsquo;s really stupid gets into office and wants to do really bad things, but that&rsquo;s about it,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t think we&rsquo;re gonna have that happen, I hope we&rsquo;re not gonna have that happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another subject of Trump&rsquo;s comments was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2956824\/trump-eyeing-his-biggest-2020-donor-ahead-november-rematch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Miriam Adelson<\/a>, the Israeli American billionaire who worked with her late husband, Sheldon Adelson, to advocate Israeli interests to the president and contributed massively to his 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look at her sitting there so innocently. Sixty billion in the bank [&hellip;] and she loves Israel,&rdquo; Trump said after asking Adelson to stand up.<\/p>\n<p>Trump reflected on Adelson&rsquo;s husband&rsquo;s constant requests for meetings, recalling, &ldquo;He&rsquo;d call up [and say] &lsquo;Can I come over and see you?&rsquo; and I&rsquo;d say &lsquo;Sheldon, I&rsquo;m the president of the United States, it doesn&rsquo;t work that way.&rsquo; [But] he&rsquo;d come in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump&rsquo;s comments about the Adelsons took an awkward turn when he speculated that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cash-flush political donor<\/a> is more invested in the fate of Israel than the U.S.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Miriam Adelson, center, arrives before President Donald Trump speaks to the Knesset, Israel&rsquo;s parliament, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m gonna get her in trouble with this &mdash; I actually asked her once, I said, &lsquo;So Miriam, I know you love Israel. What do you love more, the United States or Israel?&rsquo; She refused to answer. That might mean Israel,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The comment received a muted response.<\/p>\n<p>Other targets of Trump&rsquo;s remarks included his daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jared-kushner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jared Kushner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While thanking Kushner for his role in finalizing the peace deal, Trump said his son-in-law &ldquo;loves [Israel] so much that my own daughter converted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t know this was going to happen,&rdquo; he remarked before turning to Netanyahu. &ldquo;And Bibi, you do know this was not in the cards for me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And she is so happy and they are so happy &mdash; at least I think they&rsquo;re happy!&rdquo; he joked. &ldquo;If they&rsquo;re not happy, we have a big story, right? Nah, they have a great marriage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not stay long in Israel, leaving the Knesset and getting on a plane to Egypt.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are recognized by President Donald Trump as he speaks to the Knesset, Israel&rsquo;s parliament, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem, as Sara Netanyahu applauds. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3848030\/read-in-full-trump-speech-israeli-knesset-final-living-hostages-freed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ IN FULL: TRUMP SPEECH TO ISRAELI KNESSET AFTER FINAL LIVING HOSTAGES FREED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump will co-chair a &ldquo;Summit for Peace&rdquo; with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3847910\/watch-live-trump-speaks-israel-hamas-egypt-peace-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press conference scheduled for noon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is the first international conference focused on implementing Trump&rsquo;s peace plan in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump mixes humor and diplomacy in Knesset speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2498431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25286438748074.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45251,48254,3634],"class_list":["post-2498430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-knesset","tag-stand-up-comedy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25286438748074.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498430"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498434,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498430\/revisions\/2498434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}