Kaitlan Collins: My deeply sourced White House insiders are here to take us behind the scenes tonight. PBS News Hour’s, Laura Barron Lopez, NPR’s Asma Khalid, and Reuters Jeff Mason, all here at the table. Let me just read what Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat on Senate Foreign Relations, said tonight to our Morgan Rimmer when he was asked about this proposal. Now he is a Democrat, obviously he’s not a Trump’s biggest ally, but he said, quote, I am speechless. That’s insane. I can’t think of a place on earth that would welcome American troops less and where any positive outcome is less likely in this situation.
Reuters Jeff Mason: I mean, I think he’s probably channeling more than just Democrats with that comment. I think you will be curious to see what people in the region say tomorrow. But the, the idea of US troops being there, the idea of it being a real estate Riviera from the money quote that you got out of your question to just the fact that trying to upend history from for of decades and decades of US policy there some people no doubt do think.
NPR’s Asma Khalid: You mention people in the region, already it’s the middle of the night in Saudi Arabia, Saudi’s foreign ministry just issued a statement reiterating that it’s position is no deal, no normalizing relations with Israel without a Palestinian state. They said that their position is unwavering. They are not willing to compromise on that. And so that was in stark contrast to what we heard from President Trump tonight talking about how everyone was supportive of this plan. The question is who’s everyone.
≠Kaitlan Collins: And what he was articulating. He declined to, to say which leaders he had spoken with. What Trump was articulating is his basis from this. And ___ made a good point that Trump was not saying they should be forcibly removed, but he was proposing it as this better idea for Palestinians, saying that they don’t want to live in an area that has been decimated by Israeli strikes. But, but he was essentially arguing that how Gaza and its relationship with Israel has worked in the past decades since it existed under __ years. That, that essentially it’s not worked before. So why keep doing the same thing was the argument he was articulating tonight?
PBS News Hour’s, Laura Baron Lopez: He’s trying to say why attempt to continue down the path of a two state solution. But I mean that again, to everyone’s point, this is not gonna go over in the region. There’s already forceful pushback. I mean, I, you have to wonder three days ago, uh, Arab nations responded to Trump when he was floating the idea of Egypt and Jordan taking Palestinians. Uh, and they said no, three days ago. I mean, is he now because he has the, the prime minister here using this as a negotiating technique to try to apply pressure on them? I mean, that, that’s one question that this raises.
Kaitlan moves on quickly from that question. Get back to my point, Laura!
Kaitlan Collins: And it’s not just Democrats I should be clear that we’re hearing from. Lindsay Graham is a huge ally of President Trump’s. He responded tonight to, to our reporters on Capitol Hill, Jeff and said, I think most South Carolinians would probably not be excited about sending Americans to….
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Kaitlan’s “deeply sourced White House insiders” included individuals from publicly funded news organizations, PBS and NPR, as well as one from Reuters, which is often perceived to have a left-leaning bias. They discussed the Trump Gaza development issue, and all seemed to agree with her stance against the development, suggesting it wouldn’t be popular. Additionally, she quoted an anti-Trump Democrat whose views aligned with her perspective.
During the conversation, Laura Baron Lopez from PBS NewsHour noted, “Now, because he has the prime minister here using this as a negotiating tactic to apply pressure on them? That’s something to consider.”
When a valid point was finally raised, Collins quickly shifted the focus to Lindsey Graham, labeling him a significant ally of Donald Trump, and then went on about how South Carolinians might not support deploying Americans to Gaza.
Collins uses her platform to push an anti-Trump, pro-Democrat narrative. This isn’t journalism; it’s opinion broadcasting. I have little interest in the views of reporters from NPR, PBS, or Reuters.
We need less of these opinion-driven talk shows and more straightforward and unbiased news reporting. America’s news channels have transformed into one massive talk show.