Trump calls Harris remarks on Gaza war ‘disrespectful’ as he meets Netanyahu

Former US president criticises vice-president after she said she would ‘not be silent’ about suffering of Palestinians

Donald Trump has called Kamala Harris’s statement on the Gaza war “disrespectful” before a meeting with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Florida to discuss the conflict.

Harris, the US vice-president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, had seemed to mark a change of tone on the Israel-Gaza war on Thursday after her own meeting with Netanyahu, when she declared she would “not be silent” about the suffering of Palestinians.