This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Ex-Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who held that office under Joe Biden, is giving credit for President Donald Trump's success in creating a peace plan for the Middle East and bringing a stop to the war Hamas launched against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, to himself and Joe Biden.
And he's getting blasted online for his wild claims.
Online, he said, "It starts with a clear and comprehensive post conflict plan for Gaza. It's good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden Administration developed after months of discussion with Arab partners, Israel and the Palestinian Authority. It centers on temporary, transitional authorities for Gaza's governance, security, humanitarian assistance, and rebuilding, led by Arab and international partners alongside Palestinians, backed by the United States, and ultimately handed over to full Palestinian control."
Trump responded, "Everybody knows that's a joke. They did such a bad job. This should've never happened. This wouldn't have even happened. That was weak leadership same thing with Russia – Russia and Ukraine."
He continued, "Just a decent president – not a great president, like me … if a decent president was in, no Russia-Ukraine. And this is even more so. It was bad policy by Biden and Obama."
Responding to Trump's statement, online commenters unleashed:
"Magoo led the ground work??? Bwahahahahahaha."
And, "They all lie through their teeth!!"
And, "The leftist mouthpieces think they can still cast a spell on the whole country."
A report at the Gateway Pundit explained, "President Trump absolutely lit up Biden's worthless Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a gaggle aboard Air Force One on Sunday. Trump departed the White House en route to the Middle East after he secured a historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas. Hamas is releasing the 20 living hostages, and Israel will withdraw to an agreed-upon line, thanks to President Trump's courage and diplomacy. Meanwhile, Antony Blinken is giving Joe Biden credit for President Trump's historic ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas."
Those hostages were, in fact, released early Monday.
But Trump wasn't the only one pointing to Blinken's "pathetic" claim.
"How pathetic, from this inept failure as Secretary of State, who only got the job because he sucked up to Joe Biden for years and did favors for his crackhead son. This is the ineffectual toady who sat mute as Chinese officials yelled at him and disrespected America, who covered up his boss's obvious cognitive decline, who simped with Europeans in the hope they would accept him as one of them, who presided over the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, who helped his boss make every conflict in the world worse, who installed his childhood friend from their Parisian school, Robert Malley, as "Iran special envoy" only to see the guy stripped of his security clearance, suspended, and investigated for "mishandling" classified information — a mystery which still has not been explained. So, sure, try to take credit for what Trump achieved in eight months after your four years of humiliation on the world stage. No one buys it," charged commentator Miranda Devine.
Other social media comments had lower levels of praise for Blinken.
Trump had made clear his concerns months ago:
