Speaker 1: We don't want to allow that to happen.
Donald Trump's Jewish allies are begging him, begging him to condemn Kanye West and Trump
is reportedly refusing.
There's a very good article in Rolling Stone.
Trump's Jewish allies are begging him to condemn Kanye.
He's refusing.
Prominent Jewish and human rights leaders are circulating a letter asking the former
president to distance himself from Kanye West and Nick Fuentes.
They were the people that had the dinner with Trump the other day.
A Trump adviser responds.
I've seen it and I do not care.
I encourage you to read the entire article.
There's a couple different things that are important to talk about here.
Number one, it is appalling, appalling that Trump still has Jewish friends.
That in and of itself doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Oh, but David, sir, the his his daughter converted to Judaism and his grandkids.
None of that.
This is not about that.
It's not even really about Trump's personal beliefs about Jews, although.
Sure.
I mean, I think we kind of have a sense of what they are, but it's about the factions
that Trump gives credibility to by not denouncing or condemning.
Now, to really understand a lot of the entire Jewish Republican thing, this is as good an
opportunity as any to remind folks in the audience that support for Israel in the vague
way that evangelical Christians, quote, support Israel and support for American Jews, could
not possibly be more dramatically different things.
Right wing support for Israel is primarily based in evangelicals who believe for biblical
reasons that Jews running Israel is a step towards the return of Jesus Christ.
Now I know some of you will say, and I'm realizing I don't have my headphones on and I'm going
to need it for the next segment.
I'm just going to put it on while we chat.
There are people who will say, Oh, but David, these folks love Israel.
They just they love, love, love Israel.
They love it not because of any concern for anti-Semitism or anti-Jewish discrimination
or whatever the case may be.
They love it because they see it as a path to bringing back Jesus.
That's what it is.
American Jews have completely different beliefs and ideas, etc., etc.
And just because you see a right winger, a Republican, kowtowing to Israel in the particular
sense that evangelical Christians like it doesn't mean that they are supportive of American
Jews or even understand, never mind, are going to fight against anti-Semitism.
So that's number one.
Unfortunately, some Republican Jews ignore that and they throw in support with Republican
candidates.
Fortunately, it's relatively few because American Jews are one of the most left wing voting
blocs in the country American Jews, black folks, two of the most left wing voting groups.
Trump also has black allies.
So it's not completely incredible that he has Jewish allies as well, even though, you
know, it doesn't really make any sense based on policy.
But the most important aspect of this to understand is Trump sees people as objects, tools, or
a means to an end.
And we saw when those folks are no longer useful to him, he dumps them, flushes them
10 to 15 times.
And unfortunately, there are certain people that don't get this and they get tricked.
And we're seeing it now once again with Jewish voters.
But it seems this may be the end of the line for Trump's Jewish supporters.
We'll see.
There will always be some.