NBC Refuses to Credit Trump for Israel/U.A.E. Peace, CBS Chides It

Nicholas Fondacaro | August 13, 2020
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It was an out of left field and out of character development for 2020: The Trump administration helped to broker a Middle East peace deal between Israel and United Arab Emirates Thursday. The UAE recognized Israel’s right to exist as they planned to establish embassies and an economic relationship, and work on a COVID-19 vaccine. But the raging liberals of NBC Nightly News refused to give President Trump credit, while CBS Evening News seemed to suggest the President was stealing credit.

As if the peace deal just naturally spawned of its own accord, NBC anchor Lester Holt suggested it was just “a deal announced by the White House.

The report was delivered by chief foreign affairs correspondent Richard Engel, and at no point did he mention the Trump administration’s role in brokering the deal.

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