Tim is right to call out Trump for sympathizing with “genocide Joe” chants at his rallies. Who are these people anyway? I can’t believe they’re the usual hard left or islamist instigators who would show up at a Trump rally. But that’s just typical Trump myopia. If you criticize Trump’s opponent for any reason it’s okay. The bigger issue …
Tim is right to call out Trump for sympathizing with “genocide Joe” chants at his rallies. Who are these people anyway? I can’t believe they’re the usual hard left or islamist instigators who would show up at a Trump rally. But that’s just typical Trump myopia. If you criticize Trump’s opponent for any reason it’s okay. The bigger issue is where will Israeli-American relationship be twenty years from now? For most of my life support for Israel was the most bipartisan consensus policy in politics. Reagan got crap from both sides of the aisle just because he wanted to sell AWACS to the Saudis. Israel is now getting squeezed from both sides. The hard left and most Muslim immigrants outright hate Israel. The hard right is starting to turn on Israel too. Look at Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. And even the “principled”isolationists who may not be antisemitic like Rand Paul and JD Vance are starting to question American support for Israel. If I were Israel I wouldn’t count on American support forever, and that’s an unfortunate development
Tim is right to call out Trump for sympathizing with “genocide Joe” chants at his rallies. Who are these people anyway? I can’t believe they’re the usual hard left or islamist instigators who would show up at a Trump rally. But that’s just typical Trump myopia. If you criticize Trump’s opponent for any reason it’s okay. The bigger issue is where will Israeli-American relationship be twenty years from now? For most of my life support for Israel was the most bipartisan consensus policy in politics. Reagan got crap from both sides of the aisle just because he wanted to sell AWACS to the Saudis. Israel is now getting squeezed from both sides. The hard left and most Muslim immigrants outright hate Israel. The hard right is starting to turn on Israel too. Look at Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. And even the “principled”isolationists who may not be antisemitic like Rand Paul and JD Vance are starting to question American support for Israel. If I were Israel I wouldn’t count on American support forever, and that’s an unfortunate development
Yes, I can’t help but think this interview by author of “Black Swan”, who predicted the 2008 financial crash, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, probably contains a grain of truth: https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1362814/is-israel-a-fragile-state-interview-with-nassim-nicholas-taleb.html