IS IT POSSIBLE FOR DONALD TRUMP
THE ONLY THING HE CAN SAY THAT
MIGHT CAUSE HIM TROUBLE IS
IF HE SAID SOMETHING WEIRD AND INCREDIBLY RACIST AND
ANTI-SEMITIC LIKE MY JEW LAWYER TELLS ME.
WELL, HE DIDN'T DO THAT BUT HE CAME REALLY CLOSE.
HERE HE IS AT THE REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION AND LISTEN TO
WHAT HE SAYS.
HE SAYS, " I THINK YOU, AS BUSINESS PEOPLE, WILL FEEL
GOOD ABOUT THIS AND RESPECT IT."
HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY ARE BUSINESS PEOPLE?
MAYBE THEY ARE DENTISTS OR WORK IN CONSTRUCTION?
HERE IS WHAT HE FOLLOWS UP
WITH,
" I AM A NEGOTIATOR, LIKE YOU FOLKS."
HOW DOES HE KNOW THAT THEY ARE NEGOTIATORS?
BECAUSE THEY ARE JEWS.
AND HE SAYS THIS, "AND BETTER THAN ANY AUDIENCE, THE
PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING."
WHY?
HE IS NOW SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE JEWS YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT IN NEGOTIATION, RIGHT?
THESE ARE THE OLDEST STEREOTYPES IN THE WORLD.
THEY ARE FUNNY BECAUSE OF HOW OVER-THE-TOP AND
RIDICULOUS THEY ARE.
HE CONTINUES, "SOME OF US RENEGOTIATE DEALS.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T RENEGOTIATE DEALS IN THIS ROOM?
PERHAPS MORE THAN ANY ROOM I'VE EVER SPOKEN TO."
OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE, HOW IS THAT NOT ANTI-SEMITIC?
HOW IS THAT NOT A WILD AND HORRIBLE STEREOTYPE ABOUT JEWS?
HE HAS NO CONSCIOUS, HE DOESN'T KNOW.
HE DOESN'T REALIZE THAT HE'S SAYING THINGS THAT ARE
DEEPLY OFFENSIVE
AND STEREOTYPICAL.
TALKING POINTS MEMO SAYS,
" THE ATTENDEES WERE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT ME EVEN THOUGH
YOU KNOW I AM THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ISRAEL."
WHY ARE THEY GOING TO SUPPORT YOU?
MAY BE BECAUSE YOU'RE ANTI-SEMITIC?
IT WENT FROM RIDICULOUS TO LIKE REALLY DARK.
I KNOW HIS SHTICK IS, I DON'T NEED DONORS.
YOU CAN'T GO TO A ROOM FULL OF JEWISH AMERICANS AND SAY
YOU KNOW, YOU NEGOTIATORS, I KNOW HOW YOU JEWS ARE.
DON'T SAY THAT, THAT IS TERRIBLE.
AND OF COURSE BECAUSE HE IS WILDLY HYPOCRITICAL HE
SAYS DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE ISRAEL.
HE SAYS, "ISRAEL HAS GIVEN A LOT.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
I THINK THE PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR ISRAEL HASN'T BEEN SO
GREAT, ISRAEL'S GIVEN A LOT, BUT HASN'T BEEN GIVEN A
LOT OF CREDIT FOR WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN."
I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT DEGREE THAT IS TRUE, BUT NOW WE
ARE VERING INTO POLICY.
HE SAID THAT THERE WAS ONE SITE IN PARTICULAR THAT IS TO
BLAME FOR NOT NEGOTIATING A PEACE DEAL.
OF COURSE HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE PALESTINIANS.
IN THIS CASE HE MEANT THE ISRAELIS.
WHOA.
THE REALITY IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM TO BLAME ON
BOTH SIDES HERE.
TODAY HE CAME OUT AND SAID ALL MUSLIMS SHOULD BE BANNED
FROM THE U.S.
HE SAYS, "A LOT WILL HAVE TO DO WITH ISRAEL AND WHETHER OR
NOT ISRAEL WANTS TO MAKE THE DEAL ñ
WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE CERTAIN THINGS.
THEY MAY NOT BE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I'M
OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT THEN YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE A DEAL."
LOOK, RAW HONESTY ñ IT DOESN'T MEAN HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH.
THE ANTI-SEMITIC STUFF IS HIS HONEST INTERPRETATION.
HE DOES FEEL THOSE THINGS ABOUT JEWS, AND THAT IS DANGEROUS.
HE'S INADVERTENTLY BEING HONEST ABOUT THAT.
WHAT'S AMAZING IS THAT THE ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS GOT
NO PRESS.
BUT HIS POLICY POSITIONS ON ISRAEL WHICH HAVE SOME
VALIDITY, PEOPLE ARE LIKE OH, MY GOD HE MIGHT HAVE DONE
HIMSELF IN.
THAT IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
HE ALSO SAYS HE IS OKAY IF
THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT.
FINALLY THE ATLANTIC WRITES, "TRUMP WAS BOOED BY THE
CROWD WHEN HE REFUSED TO CLARIFY HIS POSITION IN
JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL'S CAPITAL, WHICH IS ISRAEL'S POLICY
AND ANOTHER, TALKING POINT AMONG REPUBLICANS."
THERE HE IS BEING A POLITICIAN THAT IS RARE.
MOST POLITICIANS, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT,
WILL TELL THE CROWD WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR.
THEN THEY WILL BECOME PRESIDENT AND THEY WILL SAY YEAH, WE
DIDN'T REALLY MEAN THAT.
IN ANY REASONABLE PEACE DEAL YOU HAVE TO SPLIT JERUSALEM.
THERE IS THE TOXIC BREW OF HIS SPEECH THAT TRUMP HAD.
WHAT'S AMAZING IS HIS SOMEWHAT ACCIDENTAL REASONABLE
POSITION ON ISRAEL'S NEGOTIATING STANCE IS
SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSING HIM TROUBLE AS OPPOSED TO THE
OBVIOUSLY HORRIBLE STEREOTYPES THAT HE USED ABOUT JEWS IN
THE EARLY PART OF HIS SPEECH, WHICH IS WHAT SHOULD BE
CAUSING HIM TROUBLE.
IT'S A TOPSY-TURVY WORLD WE LIVE IN.
AND MAKES NO SENSE.
PART OF HIS APPEAL IS THAT HE SPEWS THAT STUFF OUT, IT
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT TRUE IN AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
THE CASES.
AS ONE REPUBLICAN PUT IT, IT ISN'T TRUE BUT IT FEELS TRUE.
IF THIS FEELS TRUE TO THE REPUBLICANS
THAT IS
DANGEROUS AND THAT IS THE DANGEROUS PART OF THIS GUY.
GET REAL ABOUT IT.
THIS IS WHO HE IS.
YOUNG TURKS.