Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email
Please enter a valid email address
Please enter a valid email address
SIGN UP
I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice
Thanks for signing up to the
Inside Washington email
{{ #verifyErrors }} {{ message }} {{ /verifyErrors }} {{ ^verifyErrors }} Something went wrong. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }}
Always at the cutting edge of foreign policy debates, it should come as no surprise that Donald Trump initially blamed “hummus” for carrying out the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel.
At a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the wake of the violence carried out by the terrorist group Hamas, Mr Trump mispronounced the name several times, appearing to refer instead to “hummus”.
In confusing the militant organisation with the popular chickpea dip of the region, the former president committed the same blunder once made, rather more intentionally, by Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter ego Bruno.
A clip of the speech went viral on social media and the former president was roundly mocked by TV host Jimmy Kimmel.
Visibly aghast, Mr Kimmel asked in the opening monologue to his show: “Could you imagine anyone else in the world doing anything even remotely like that?
RECOMMENDED
Melania Trump's response to ‘golden shower’ claims – according to her husband
Undo
Trump ‘immunity’ claim in election interference case goes before Supreme Court: Live
Undo
Soolide
Mom instructs son to keep kicking man's seat, so he turns the tables on herSoolide| Sponsored Sponsored
Undo
URUHIME MOMOKO
A woman in her 40s drank "Ceramide" and her skin became…URUHIME MOMOKO| Sponsored Sponsored
Undo
Powered by Taboola Powered by Taboola
“The guy who claims to be the most pro-Israel president of all time was in Cedar Rapids on Saturday demonstrating the deep well of insight he has into this ongoing conflict in the Middle East.”
Promoted stories
Rest Wow
When He Married Her Everyone Laughed At Him. 6 Years Later She Showed Her TransformationRest Wow
Undo
by Taboola by Taboola
Sponsored Links Sponsored Links
Promoted Links Promoted Links
He continued: “Yes the hummus, the baba ghanoush, what they’re doing is a disgrace.”
The former president was also deservedly ridiculed on social media.
Donald Trump is being mocked for mispronouncing Hamas as ‘hummus’
" srcset="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/10/12/04/TRUMP_47923.jpg?quality=75&width=320&auto=webp 320w, https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/10/12/04/TRUMP_47923.jpg?quality=75&width=640&auto=webp 640w" src="https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/10/12/04/TRUMP_47923.jpg" data-gallery-length="2" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content">
Donald Trump is being mocked for mispronouncing Hamas as ‘hummus’
(AP)
Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of the MeidasTouch, shared the clip with the caption: “Apparently, Israel was attacked by hummus.”
Another person commented: “I’ll be damned if you think I’m gonna stay quiet on Facebook while Hummus attacks Israel.”
Following the attack by Hamas on Israel, Mr Trump took to his own Truth Social platform to claim that the attack never would have happened while he was president.
“THE HORRIBLE ATTACK ON ISRAEL, MUCH LIKE THE ATTACK ON UKRAINE, WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE PRESIDENT – ZERO CHANCE!” he said.
During his speech at the rally in Iowa on the same weekend of the assault on Israel, Mr Tump repeated this claim and also shifted the blame for the attack onto Democrats, stating falsely that American taxpayer dollars had funded it.
More about Donald Trump Hamas Israel Jimmy Kimmel Israel-Palestine
Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
1Comments
1/ 2Did Trump blame ‘hummus’ for attacks on Israel?
Did Trump blame ‘hummus’ for attacks on Israel?
Donald Trump is being mocked for mispronouncing Hamas as ‘hummus’
AP
Did Trump blame ‘hummus’ for attacks on Israel?
Donald Trump is being mocked for mispronouncing Hamas as ‘hummus’
AP
Promoted stories
BuzzDaily Winners
Game Designers: Why Men Can't Stop Playing This GameWorld Where is Everything You NeedBuzzDaily Winners| Sponsored Sponsored
Play Now
Undo
Body Design News
People who can't lose weight may not have tried "this"!Body Design News| Sponsored Sponsored
Learn More
Undo
DailyChoices
At 69, John Travolta Makes Shocking AnnouncementDailyChoices| Sponsored Sponsored
Read More
Undo
Read More Comments
Collapse Comments
？ Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Subscribe
Already subscribed? Log in