Donald Trump’s reelection is good news for liberal Jews
President-elect Donald J. Trump did more than replicate Grover Cleveland. Twice in three elections, Mr. Trump caused emotional breakdowns in people before taking the oath of office. Sadly, many people suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome are Jewish. If they calmed down, politically liberal Jews would realize that Trump’s reelection is a gift.
Many liberal Jews grasped the big picture. Trump’s Abraham Accords remain the most significant Middle East peace agreements in decades. Trump personally is Philosemitic. He frequently expresses admiration and respect for Jewish military and business leaders who share his successful track record and strong work ethic. His daughter Ivanka is orthodox Jewish. An often-repeated joke is that unlike many of his Jewish critics, at least Trump has Jewish grandchildren. Trump does more to extend Jewish survival than many Jews.
Conversely, Harris was awful for Jews. Despite having a Jewish husband, Harris’s ideology mirrors the Jew-hating Squad. Harris is not an antisemite, but she tolerates antisemitism by cowardly refusing to stop it. The vice president can end antisemitic college riots. Harris stayed silent to placate Michigan’s Arab Muslim voters. Fear caused her to reject popular Jewish Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro in favor of leftist Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Harris and Walz embraced antisemitic Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
On policy, Harris supported former President Barack Obama’s horrendous Iran deal. Trump ended it only to have the Biden-Harris administration attempt reinstatement. Obama-Biden-Harris funding of Iran led to Iran’s newly wealthy proxies Hamas and Hezbollah committing the devastating October 7th attacks on Israel. Biden and Harris shackled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war effort, declaring Bibi’s “total victory” approach impossible. They were totally wrong. Netanyahu was proven right.
Many Jewish voters processed all of this and voted accordingly. Trump won a staggering 45% of the New York City Jewish vote. Jewish voters who still have not had their come to Moses moment need a reality check. Ridiculous irrational fears must be countered.
Trump is not a Nazi, fascist, Hitler, or any other deeply offensive label that should be reserved for real genocidal individuals. He will not bring another Holocaust or put Jews or anyone else in internment camps. He will not return slavery or take black people and “put y’all back in chains,” to quote then Vice President Biden. Trump will not round up and imprison political opponents, although those who framed him for crimes deserve to be tried and if convicted, locked up.
Trump’s lengthy business history and briefer government time reflect a demanding boss who promoted many minorities to top executive positions. Trump had a healthy ratio of top female executives. His campaign manager Susie Wiles will become the first female White House Chief of Staff. LGBTQers will be fine. Trump promoted openly gay Ric Grenell to acting Director of National Intelligence in 2020.
Many liberal Jews only care about social issues, mainly abortion. Trump is the most socially liberal Republican President since Teddy Roosevelt. Trump favors in vitro fertilization and rejects a national abortion ban. Not one woman in America seeking an abortion will be denied. Plenty of blue states codified abortion rights into their state constitutions. Women in red states can travel to blue states. Private sponsors and Hollywood celebrities delight in financing poor women unable to afford abortion travel expenses.
Not one legal American voter will be prohibited from voting. Not one minority will be denied employment based on minority status. Anti-discrimination laws already exist. Liberal marginalized groups may worry, but feelings are not facts.
Trump will deport illegal immigrants. Encouraging illegal immigration is cruelty, not compassion. Enforcing laws is not bigotry. Trump will remove Environmental and Social Governance rules that strangle businesses. He will remove the inherently anti-Jewish Critical Race Theory from public education. Trump will end the anti-Jewish equity movement and replace government’s goal from equity back to equality of opportunity.
Those labeling Trump a “threat to democracy” claim that without consequences. Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and “The View” ladies can excoriate Trump with impunity. Trump was never charged with insurrection. Some January 6th doofuses acted badly but were nowhere near as destructive as violent actors during 574 George Floyd riots. The real threats to democracy are the leftists and Islamists who keep trying to murder Trump. Yes, those people deserve prison.
The challenge for anti-Trump leftists including Jewish leftists is to find one legitimate victim of Trump’s policies. Recently deposed Democrats do not count. Voters fired them, not Trump.
Trump says offbeat things, but observe his deeds. He will crack down on antisemitic campus riots. He will not mandate things he agrees with or ban things just because he disagrees with them. He will not bully social media companies into censoring critical posts or force businesses to produce inferior “green” electric vehicles or lightbulbs. Until and unless one person anywhere can show how Trump hurt them because of race, religion or sexual orientation, bleating sheep must stop crying wolf.
Jews and non-Jews alike should give Trump a real fair chance. On January 20th of 2029, he will leave public office, guaranteed. Relax. Breathe. Everything will be fine. Jews will be fine.