Tammy Bruce

Was this going to be like going to the mall or through a drive-thru? No, it wasn't, because the issue here is getting aid to Gazans. And then suddenly it moves into complaints about style or the nature of who's doing it or elements of administration.

And being opposed to getting food and aid, as we've demonstrated here, is happening and will continue to happen, because someone might feel left out, is, I think, the height of hypocrisy.

Asked about the killing by the Israeli military of the paramedics, civil defence staff and a UN worker, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said that every single thing that happens in Gaza is happening because of Hamas.

She said the US expects all parties on the ground to comply with international humanitarian law, but declined to say whether the State Department was carrying out any assessment of its own when asked about the attack, given the US is Israel's biggest arms supplier.

The UN's humanitarian agency has said five ambulances, a fire truck and a UN vehicle were struck one by one on the 23rd of March and that 15 bodies, including paramedics still in their uniforms, had been gathered and buried in a mass grave.

The Israeli military said its troops fired on vehicles advancing suspiciously without headlights or emergency signals and said a Hamas operative and other militants were among those killed but did not offer any comment on the accounts of bodies being gathered up and buried in the sand. Tom Bateman.

We have got to do more as the West than just talk about democratic values. We must live them. Exclusion of people from the political process is particularly concerning, given the aggressive and corrupt lawfare waged against President Trump here in the United States. We support the right of everyone to offer their views in the public square, agree or disagree.

And with that, I have nothing else to add.

So, I mean, look, it was a mistake. The administration said it was a mistake.

President Trump is, as we know, the best dealmaker in the world. Everything he does is with a goal in mind. He is also a very pragmatic man because that's the only way you get deals done. He is focused on one thing and one thing only, making America safe and strong and prosperous. And so every action he takes will lead us into that direction and moves us forward. So the fact is, China is engaging.

China did effectively. They're not being silent. They've had their own approach. But the president's making it clear that he is going to and has from the start with the tariffs issue that this was a negotiation framework and are evening the playing field with tariffs. has brought virtually everyone to the table as we know. And in this case, of course, it appears including China.

So President Trump will make decisions that are best for this country. We've seen that. And whether it is tariffs or in fact, the situation with Ukraine, where he remains committed to ending the carnage.

Yes, these are clearly stalwart allies. All of us love every place on the earth. At the same time, the United States is dealing with global issues. Our European partners are dealing with their neighborhood issues in this way. But this is one of the great things about the position that I have as a spokesperson for the State Department is I get to travel with the secretary.

And I was in those meetings and listened to those leaders, our allies at NATO during that trip. And they do understand this and they understand that our commitment to NATO is complete. But our commitment is in balance. And the nature of wanting the NATO to be successful requires these nations to, in fact, increase the burden sharing their budgets.

They understand that because, look, NATO was is was and is meant to be a deterrent, not a helper with wars or a negotiator with wars or helping to facilitate. They are meant to stop them from starting. And the only way you can do that is to be a deterrent.

Communication was fundamentally key, that there should be talks, that there should not be silence, and that America obviously was in the center of this.