Let’s face it for decades American Jews as a political force made Israel untouchable in Congress. Now, as Trump stated, most American Jews are so leftist they sympathize with the PLO and are embarrassed by Israel. As Trump said, now the opposite is true. The Democrat party (and right now they control Congress) is dominated by leftists and pro PLO politics.
Trump was speaking to an Israeli journalist about the attitudes of American Jews toward Israel and the political result.
This is what the left does. Trump is a total supporter of Israel. He is upset to see American Jews abandon Israel. But they will make people think Trump is antisemitic. Meanwhile, the democrats would get Israel wiped out and the Israelis killed en masse.
Donald Trump’s father helped build a synagogue. DJT donated 100s of thousands of dollars to Jews expelled by their own government from Sinai in the 1980s and from Gaza in 2005.
Bibi and American Jews as a whole are ingrates, as Bibi’s past closest Israeli supporters can attest to.
I don’t think there is a serious disagreement here. I just think Trump, who is without question the best President ever towards Israel, made an unforced error by saying “It used to be that Israel had absolute power over Congress.” This is a classic phrasing of anti-Semites, a gross overstatement of the effects of lobbying Congress on issues affecting Israel only, not “absolute power over Congress”.
While I acknowledge that the campaign to lobby Congress for Israel’s needs was remarkably successful, it could not have happened if it wasn’t for the natural alliance, common values and even affection between the two countries. There are huge mutual strategic benefits as well. Did Jewish lobbying have an effect on policy? Absolutely. Was it because Jews control Congress? Not even close.