Our "genius" president can't seem to figure out...

[pool_hustler]

..why the great majority of american jews are democrats

And so - out of his own clueless stupidity - he insults them by calling them disloyal or ignorant

 

[Rey C.]

I gotta be honest: I haven't figured that out either.

I always guessed it was because more American Jews than Israeli Jews are secular/non-practicing Jews and they tend to be socially liberal. :dunno: More than a few of the secular American Jews that I know are opposed to Zionism, though they're not opposed to Judaism or Israel's right to exist. If I'm not mistaken, Bernie Sanders and Gloria Steinem are in that group. I've noticed quite a few Jewish feminists speaking out against Israel on human rights issues. Even the ones who are prominent in the business world talk the liberal talk, even if they don't always do what they want others to do (like ol' Harv "The Perv" Weinstein).

A lot of the demographic groups that liberal American Jews support aren't seen positively by Israel's chief (for those of Sephardic origins) rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef. He's not exactly a real big fan of Blacks, homosexuals, women (who don't know their place), Christians specifically (called Jesus "the evil one"), gentiles in general, et al. The other chief rabbi (Ashkenazic people), David Lau, I don't know much about. I have no idea how socially liberal or conservative he is. My guess is, he's to the right of center, but I don't know.

To me, this is an interesting question. But it's such a touchy topic that it's almost impossible to have a rational, unemotional, intelligent discussion about it on the internet... and certainly not in public. I'd also like to know how & why evangelical Christians hold people like Yitzhak Yosef in such high regard, while he thinks of them (literally) as farm animals and beasts of burden. I understand why evangelicals hold Israel in high regard, but I don't understand why that extends to someone like Yitzhak Yosef.

Oh well... just another day. :2 cents:

 

[meesterperfect]

Trump said. “In my opinion, the Democrats have gone very far away from Israel. I cannot understand how they can do that,” Trump told reporters from the White House South Lawn on Wednesday. “They don’t want to fund Israel. They want to take away foreign aid to Israel. They want to do a lot of bad things to Israel. In my opinion, you vote for a Democrat, you’re being very disloyal to Jewish people and very disloyal to Israel."

Which is complete bullshit. Israel gets what it wants from the USA no matter who is PREZ or how many democrats are in the senate and congress. Plus many of the big Democrat Mega Donors are Jews.

I suppose his script writers and/or handlers told him to say something similar but he F-ed up his lines.
Or it was said on purpose then made a big deal of on the "news" for some reason. Gotta keep the Divide and Conquer program rolling along. This time Jews were the target to piss off.
"Trump, your role is to piss off as many people as you can".
"Even Jews?", Trump said.
"Yes Trump, even Jews.........Now go get your fucking shine box".