For all that I thrill to hear mean things said about Donald Trump, it isn’t at all clear to me that he has it coming in connection with some recent remarks he made regarding Jews.<\/p>\n
Trump made the following statement<\/a> during an Oval Office meeting with the press.<\/p>\n Five years ago, the concept of even talking about this — even three years ago — of cutting off aid to Israel because of two people that hate Israel and hate Jewish people — I can’t believe we’re even having this conversation. Where has the Democratic Party gone? Where have they gone where they’re defending these two people over the State of Israel?<\/p>\n I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Well.<\/p>\n Disloyalty to whom? Disloyalty to the United States? Judaism? Israel? Since he plainly means to disparage Democrats and portray Republicans as friends of Israel, it’s not at all clear to me where he locates the disloyalty. The Anti-Defamation League CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, shares my confusion.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear who @POTUS<\/a> is claiming Jews would be \u201cdisloyal\u201d to, but charges of disloyalty have long been used to attack Jews. As we\u2019ve said before, it's possible to engage in the democratic process w\/o these claims. It's long overdue to stop using Jews as a political football.<\/p>\n — Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) August 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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