Billionaire philanthropist and major Republican donor Miriam Adelson published another open letter to US President Donald Trump on Saturday evening, accusing him of failing by signing what she called a surrender agreement with a murderous terror regime. Adelson asserted that Benjamin Netanyahu is the legitimate elected prime minister of a sovereign and independent Israel, countering recent Trump statements questioning Netanyahu's standing.
Billionaire philanthropist and prominent Republican donor Miriam Adelson published a second open letter to US President Donald Trump on Saturday evening, escalating her criticism of the emerging US-Iran accord.
In the letter, Adelson accused Trump of having "failed" by signing what she termed a "surrender agreement with a murderous, ruthless terror regime" — a reference to the memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran. She also pushed back against recent statements by Trump suggesting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lacks the authority to reject the deal, asserting that "Netanyahu is the elected prime minister of the independent and sovereign State of Israel."
As The Zioneer reported earlier Saturday evening (22:08), Adelson first addressed Trump in an open letter that same evening. The second letter, posted at 22:35, sharpens the language and directly challenges Trump's characterization of Israel's political leadership. Adelson's intervention adds a high-profile conservative voice to a growing wave of criticism from pro-Israel figures, Gulf analysts, and Iranian opposition figures over the US-Iran agreement, which critics argue emboldens Tehran and its regional proxies while sidelining Israeli security concerns.
The letter, posted via her the source, carried no further detail on whether Adelson plans additional public steps or meetings with Trump or his administration.
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