President Donald Trump loyalist Steve Bannon blasted Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday for his not-so-tough love on Israel.
Rubio’s September visit to Jerusalem came on the heels of Israel’s shock airstrikes against Qatar, which lit a fire under the Trump administration’s efforts to end the brutal war in Gaza.
But before Rubio gave Israel the business, his first stop was the Western Wall in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed him with open arms, and the pair renewed the strength of the U.S.-Israel relationship.
That didn’t sit well with Bannon, a key figure in the “America First” movement and a former Trump advisor.
During a Monday episode of his The War Room podcast, Bannon scolded Rubio for failing to send “a message” that the U.S. would not tol