Trump: ‘No US president has done more for Israel than I have’

Donald Trump has said that no US president has done more for Israel than he has done but lamented that American Jews have failed to appreciate his efforts.

Trump said on Sunday that American Jews must “get their act together” to show appreciation for Israel “before it is too late.”

“No President has done more for Israel than I have. Somewhat surprisingly, however, our wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S.,” Trump said on Sunday in a Truth Social post.

“Those living in Israel, though, are a different story – Highest approval rating in the World, could easily be P.M.! U.S. Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel – Before it is too late!” Trump added.

However, some Jews slammed Trump’s comments. They took them as a threat. They thought Trump is accusing them of being disloyal. 

“Nothing to see here. Just a former US president using threatening language about American Jews at a time when antisemitism is on a global rise,” wrote The Jerusalem Post’s editor-in-chief, Yaakov Katz.

Retired Army Col. Alexander Vindman warned that the former president “is executing the fascist playbook to turn his mob on Jews” and said the comment cannot be ignored.

Vindman also called out the Republican silence.

“Has a single Republican denounced Trump threatening American… Jewish Americans?” he asked.

In 2021, Trump claimed that evangelical Christians in the United States “love Israel more than the Jews” — a group that Trump considers a pillar of his political base.

Trump said Israel's influence in Congress has waned and blamed Barack Obama and Joe Biden for it.

“Obama and Biden did that, and yet in the election, they still get a lot of votes from Jewish people, which tells you the Jewish people — and I’ve said this for a long time — the Jewish people in the United States either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel,” Trump said in an interview with Ravid that aired on the "Unholy" podcast.

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In interviews with journalist Barak Ravid, for his new book, Trump accuses the former Israeli premier of “making a terrible mistake” by congratulating Joe Biden on his electoral win.

Trump also said that the Jewish Sulzberger family publishes The New York Times, but the publication, he said, “hates Israel."

They’re Jewish people that run The New York Times,” Trump said.

In 2019, Trump said Jews who vote for Democrats are not loyal to Israel. He also said American Jews “don’t love Israel enough.”

Trump, who closely allied with former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the latter's time in office, also said Netanyahu did not want to make peace with the Palestinians.

Experts and politicians have said that Trump’s hardline support for Israel was aimed at appealing to evangelical Christians, who believe the only intense conflict in the Middle East and the gathering of Jews in Israel is a prerequisite for the return of Jesus.

Trump recognized Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital in December 2017 and signed a proclamation in March 2019 recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, Syrian territory.

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