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President Donald Trump on 17 June 2025 published on Truth Social a text he received from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. In the message, Huckabee told the president, “You did not seek this moment. This moment sought you,” and wrote that God had spared Trump during a recent appearance in Butler, Pennsylvania so he could become “the most consequential President in a century—maybe ever.” Huckabee’s note compared the current juncture to the decisions faced by President Harry Truman in 1945 and urged Trump to heed “only ONE voice that matters.” The ambassador also pledged that he would “not abandon this post,” emphasizing his loyalty to the president. The public release of the private communication drew immediate scrutiny because it came amid escalating U.S., Israeli and Iranian tensions. Some commentators interpreted Huckabee’s language—and the Truman analogy—as encouragement for decisive military action, though neither the White House nor the State Department has issued an official response to the message.
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