Bret Stephens: Donald Trump Is Bad for Israel

[TomSea]

Opinion | Donald Trump Is Bad for Israel
As usual, the president makes his predecessors look better.
Bret Stephens
    Dec. 26, 2018

Suppose you’re the type of smart conservative reluctantly inclined to give Donald Trump a pass for his boorish behavior and ideological heresies because you like the way the economy is going and appreciate the tough tone of his foreign policy, especially when it comes to Islamic fundamentalism.

These last few weeks haven’t exactly validated your faith in the man, have they?

You can track the performance of your I.R.A. as well as I can mine, so there’s no need to dilate on the broad rout in the markets (Wednesday’s gains notwithstanding). But let’s focus on something possibly as dear to your heart as it is to mine. The president has abruptly undermined Israel’s security following a phone call with an Islamist strongman in Turkey. So much for the idea, common on the right, that this is the most pro-Israel administration ever.

Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/opinion/trump-israel-foreign-policy.html

[Frank Cannon]

So says a Communist Op/Ed writer at the NY Slimes.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

By recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and not some multi ideological Disney Land for terrorists.

 

[Dexter]

 

Israel will be fine.