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President Trump stood firm with Israel again on Thursday when he announced on Twitter that the United States was going to recognize their sovereignty over the Golan Heights. That didn’t sit well with the American liberal broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC), who decried the historic move as just a political stunt on their evening newscasts.
ABC anchor David Muir was so uninterested in the story that he only allowed a news brief lasting a mere 19 seconds, during World News Tonight:
And now to a major headline tonight involving the Middle East. President Trump unexpectedly overturning decades of U.S. policy in a tweet today, saying it's time for America to “fully recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.” Israel captured the area from Syria in 1967. The President giving a huge boost to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his re-election bid.
While Muir’s brief was fleeting, it did hit the same style of talking points as the others. Particularly, asserting that Trump made the decision solely on it benefitting Netanyahu in his reelection bid and downplaying how Israel acquired the territory.
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