Donald Trump Draws Rebuke From Russia State TV: 'Physically Disgusted'

A Russian state TV panel recently mocked former President Donald Trump's response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the host saying he was "physically disgusted."

On October 7, Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian militant attack on Israel in history. Israel subsequently launched its heaviest-ever airstrikes on Gaza. Over 1,400 people in Israel have been killed as of Saturday, the Associated Press reported. While more than 4,000 Palestinians in Gaza have died, the AP said.

Russian media has favored Trump at times, but in a recent clip of a panel hosted by pundit Andrey Vladimirovich, the former president is scrutinized for his behavior following Hamas' attack on Israel.

President Joe Biden has been a staunch supporter of Israel, visiting the country earlier this week and asking Americans during a rare Oval Office address to stand behind both Israel and Ukraine, while both countries are at war. Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume, who has been critical of Biden in the past, said the president's address was possibly "the best" of all his speeches.

During the panel's discussion, which a video of it was shared to X, formerly Twitter, by Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs on Saturday, Vladimirovich also praised Biden, while pointing a finger at Trump.

"I don't know who's out there writing speeches to Biden. I guess nobody writes speeches to Trump. But lately, I've just become physically disgusted with his manner of saying, like 'If I were president, I wouldn't let this war happen, because I know to prevent it because I'm president, if I didn't let it happen, I would...' f***," Vladimirovich said, with the panel breaking out into laughter seemingly at the host's slip of the swear word, which he apologized for.

One of the panelists also spoke about the former president, "It's his manner of speaking, first of all, he's like that. He's super cocky, he shows it everywhere he goes. Secondly, his electorate likes it, the ones who vote for him. They want simple solutions, he gives them. What a good man."

Vladimirovich then replied: "I'm choosing my words. I don't care about his electorate. I don't like him because I'm going to live in my country going forward, but because of who's going to run America, it's pretty much going to affect us all too."

Despite his unfavorable remarks about Trump, Vladimirovich said he was better than Biden. "Well, listen, people who have a shred of higher education, a lot of people don't like what Trump is saying. But let's be honest, what Trump did, regardless of what he said, was better than what Biden is doing now, for us at least."

Newsweek reached out to Trump's office via online form for comment on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Trump had been praised by Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, for his past administration's work in the Middle East during NBC News' Meet the Press last Sunday, while also recognizing his mistakes after Hamas' attack on Israel.

"He recognized Jerusalem as the capital [of Israel], he recognized Golan Heights as a part of Israel, he put into place the Abraham Accords," Graham said. However, others criticized the Abraham Accords' effectiveness at actually brokering peace among Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.

During Biden's primetime speech on Thursday, he made his intentions to ask Congress for $100 billion known. The supplemental request was submitted the next day—$61 billion for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion and to replenish America's own military stockpile, $14 billion for Israel, $11 billion for border security and migrant affairs, $9 billion for humanitarian needs in Ukraine, Israel, the Gaza Strip and elsewhere, along with funds for other U.S. interests, including combating fentanyl deaths.