Anybody got an argument that's not a blatant attempt to pimp their own candidate?
Cruz is an Israel firster.
That's something that's starting to cost candidates support.
The GOP is going to have to get away from it.
A lot of Americans are getting tired of fighting Israel's wars.
Trump is an Israel firster.
Takes family vacations in Israel every year to visit his relation and check up on his business interests.
I don't know about family members, though I doubt that.As for business interests, let's think a bit about where you might put investments, or even license your brand, in the Mideast. Where is the most reasonable risk?
Who are most likely to honor their commitments? Where can you repatriate dollars?
I trust The Donald to look to his own best financial interests. Also, keep in mind that most of the real estate tycoons in NYC with whom he does business every day are Jewish. He has business relationships with most of them. It is understandable that he has to get along.
And BTW, these are substantive comments, not just pitching his candidacy.
It is a easy look-up.
The history of Israel and the Trump Family go way back.
"I've been loyal to Israel from the day I was born," said Trump. "My father, Fred Trump was loyal to Israel before me. The only one that's going to give Israel the kind of support it needs is Donald Trump."
The Jewish Press 6/16/15: Being a maverick gives him the image of sticking by his word. When he says he loves Israel, he puts his money where his mouth is. Trump has a huge real estate project in Netanya, and his daughter Ivanka, who converted to Judaism, looks favorably on Israel for real estate investment.
Her husband is from an Orthodox Jewish family, and she has taken her conversion seriously, adding “Yael” to her name and saying that “we’re pretty observant, more than some, less than others.”
If “the Donald” is elected president, the United States will have its first Jewish daughter in the White House.
Her father hates President Obama with a passion and has said that he is Israel’s greatest enemy. Trump also is a fan of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
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(JTA) —Trump’s closest Jewish association is with his daughter Ivanka’s family. Ivanka Trump, a fashion designer and celebrity in her own right, converted to Judaism before marrying Jared Kushner, the son of New York Jewish real estate mogul Charles Kushner.
She studied for her Orthodox conversion with Rabbi Haskel Lookstein of Manhattan’s Kehilath Jeshurun synagogue and the Ramaz School, and Lookstein officiated at her wedding. Trump and Kushner are members of Lookstein’s Orthodox synagogue and are Shabbat observant. They have two children.