Trump Says There's 'Real Starvation' In Gaza: 'You Can't Fake That'

The president said Monday there is “real starvation” there, adding: “You can’t fake that.”

In separate comments earlier in the day, Trump appeared to disagree with Netanyahu when asked specifically about the Israeli leader’s remarks.

Netanyahu on Sunday said, “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza and there is no starvation in Gaza.”

Standing alongside U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to Scotland, Trump told journalists, “I don’t know [if I agree with Netanyahu]. I mean, based on television, I would say not particularly. Because those children look very hungry.”

Starmer chimed in to call the situation in Gaza a “humanitarian crisis.”

“I think people in Britain are revolted at seeing what they’re seeing on their screens,” he added.

The president is in Scotland to refine a trade deal the U.S. and U.K. signed last month. He also found time for rounds of golf at his Trump Turnberry resort during the trip.

Trump and Starmer were taking questions from reporters Monday as the president signaled the U.S. will increase aid to the region.

“We can save a lot of people,” he said. “Some of those kids … that’s real starvation. I see it, and you can’t fake that. So we’re going to be even more involved.”

While he was light on specifics, Trump said the U.S. would set up “food centers” in Gaza.

Earlier, Trump expressed his dismay that the U.S. hadn’t received more credit for previous rounds of humanitarian aid.

“We gave $60 million. Nobody said even thank you. You know, ‘thanks.’ Somebody should say ‘thank you,’” he said, returning to a gripe he aired a day earlier.