Laura Ingraham slammed President Barack Obama’s treatment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on “Fox News Sunday,” saying Obama treats him the way he does the Tea Party.
Ingraham also told host Chris Wallace that the way Obama is doing so is “dangerous..irresponsible, and incredibly immature,” while adding that Obama’s approach with Israel thus far has been “counterproductive.”
INGRAHAM: Obama treats Netanyahu similarly to the way he treats the Tea Party. But, in this case, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible, and incredibly immature. His petulance after Netanyahu clearly steps back from his statements about the Palestinian — the two state solution, unclenching his fists and reaching out back to the United States. Now the president made that big speech early on in his administration to the Muslim world to unclench your fist, I’ll take your hand. Here, it’s a slap across the face to a man who won a solid victory in a Democratic election in the Middle East.
WALLACE: Don’t you think Netanyahu bears some responsibility for going to Congress and speaking there? I mean, it isn’t as if he’s been the innocent victim in this ratcheting up of relations.
INGRAHAM: The president brought David Cameron here to the United States to do phone-a-friend in Congress. To try to move congressional opinion. We’re bringing outside people into the United States to lobby Congress, okay. Have a disagreement about that. That’s fine. You know what would have been the mature thing for him to have done is said ‘You know something? You’re in town to give this speech, I’m not thrilled by it. Let’s talk. I want you to come over to the White House, let’s talk.’ That would have been a mature thing. That would have been good for America. It’s supposed to be what’s good for our security and our regional security. This approach has been counterproductive