Trump Thinks He At Least Deserves A 'Thank You' For Sending Cash To Ravenous Gaza

[ad_1] President Donald Trump expressed disappointment Sunday that no person has thanked him for sending cash meant to go towards meals assist for Gaza, as Palestinians proceed to die on daily basis — both by hunger or by Israeli gunfire at U.S.-backed assist websites.

Showing in Scotland alongside EU Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, Trump was requested if Israel ought to do extra to get enough assist into the Palestinian territory it has almost flattened. The president responded with a weird criticism.

“We gave $60 million two weeks in the past for meals for Gaza, and no person acknowledged it, no person talks about it. And it makes you're feeling slightly dangerous if you do this, and you already know, you've gotten different international locations not giving something,” <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1949510202522276301" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="he said" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1949510202522276301" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="0">he said , later specifying European international locations.

“No person mentioned, ‘Gee, thanks very a lot,’” he continued. “And it could be good to have at the least a thanks.”

<img class="img-sized__img landscape" loading="lazy" fetchpriority="auto" alt="President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meets Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry Golf Club in Turnberry, Scotland. " width="720" height="480" src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/688670bf1900002e7a600455.jpeg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale" srcset="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/688670bf1900002e7a600455.jpeg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale 1x, https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/688670bf1900002e7a600455.jpeg?ops=scalefit_1440 2x"/> President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen meets Sunday with U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry Golf Membership in Turnberry, Scotland. Andrew Harnik by way of Getty Pictures

The president didn't particularly say the place the $60 million he referenced got here from or to whom it was despatched. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-give-30-million-gaza-aid-operation-despite-violence-concerns-2025-06-24/" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Reuters reported last month" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-give-30-million-gaza-aid-operation-despite-violence-concerns-2025-06-24/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="1">Reuters reported last month that the State Division authorized $30 million for the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Basis. Support teams, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gaza-starvation-senate-democrats-urge-u-s-to-stop-funding-ghf-resume-support-for-un/" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="lawmakers" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gaza-starvation-senate-democrats-urge-u-s-to-stop-funding-ghf-resume-support-for-un/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="2">lawmakers and the United Nations have condemned GHF for bringing ravenous households to meals distribution websites just for Israeli troopers and U.S. mercenaries <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-ml-mideast-wars-gaza-73-killed-israel_n_687cdd4de4b09c4b75ea07f1" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="to open fire on the crowds" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="687cdd4de4b09c4b75ea07f1" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="3">to open fire on the crowds .

Since GHF launched in Might, Israeli forces <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-ml-mideast-wars_n_68800585e4b0c758f73bb49d" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="have killed more than a thousand Palestinians" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="68800585e4b0c758f73bb49d" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="4">have killed more than a thousand Palestinians looking for assist, the United Nations human rights workplace mentioned.

Not one of the different international locations Trump is presumably referring to financially helps GHF, although they do fund the U.N. company GHF is making an attempt to switch. The EU and different European governments additionally donate considerably towards the World Meals Program and different assist teams. Some Arab international locations have additionally delivered humanitarian help and given cash towards Gaza aid.

“It’s a large number, that entire place is a large number,” Trump mentioned Sunday of Gaza.

“We’re giving some huge cash and lots of meals and lots of every thing,” he continued. “If we weren’t there, I feel folks would have starved, frankly. They'd have starved. And it’s not like they’re consuming nicely.”

Palestinians are already ravenous, as a consequence of each bombs destroying the territory <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-weaponization-aid-gaza-preventable-suffering-doctors_n_68703f32e4b0ec4e1b97668b" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="as well as Israel’s massive aid restrictions" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="68703f32e4b0ec4e1b97668b" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="5">as well as Israel’s massive aid restrictions it claims are as a consequence of thefts by Hamas. Trump repeated the identical declare Sunday, regardless of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="a New York Times report" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="6">a New York Times report in the future earlier revealing that Israeli navy officers don't have any proof Hamas militants routinely steal assist.

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“Claims have been solely aimed toward tarnishing the repute of the humanitarian neighborhood & trying to switch it with a diabolic and politically motivated distribution scheme,” Philippe Lazzarini, chief of the U.N. company chargeable for Palestinian assist (UNRWA), <a href="https://x.com/UNLazzarini/status/1949432566647271796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1949432566647271796%7Ctwgr%5E967c18df3d4f0dfc30ccb5248226a47640a9bb78%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2Fliveblog%2F2025%2F7%2F27%2Flive-israel-intercepts-gaza-bound-handala-5-palestinians-starve-to-death" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="posted Sunday on X" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://x.com/UNLazzarini/status/1949432566647271796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1949432566647271796%7Ctwgr%5E967c18df3d4f0dfc30ccb5248226a47640a9bb78%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2Fliveblog%2F2025%2F7%2F27%2Flive-israel-intercepts-gaza-bound-handala-5-palestinians-starve-to-death" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="7">posted Sunday on X , previously Twitter. “It’s time for a principled and at scale humanitarian response together with by way of UNRWA.”

After <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/25-countries-israel-end-destruction-gaza_n_687fcf65e4b0d91bafdf0f51" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="mounting international pressure" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="687fcf65e4b0d91bafdf0f51" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="8">mounting international pressure in response to current pictures out of Gaza that present Palestinian youngsters ravenous to loss of life, <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-gaza-limited-pause-fighting-concerns-hunger_n_6886106ce4b05582af1d5a0a" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="the Israeli military began a “tactical pause”" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="6886106ce4b05582af1d5a0a" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="9">the Israeli military began a “tactical pause” in three areas of the territory beginning Sunday to permit for <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israeli-gunshots-strikes-kill-at-least-25-gaza-some-seeking-aid_n_6884bfe1e4b07c2af0282bfa" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="increased aid deliveries" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68866d7ce4b09838bd9f0c84" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="6884bfe1e4b07c2af0282bfa" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="10">increased aid deliveries . Trump mentioned he spoke over the weekend to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who mentioned the navy will proceed combating in Gaza in the course of the pause.