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Nov 1Liked by Danielle Pletka

Thank you for noting the vile influence of Tucker Carlson. I have Republican friends who cheer on his insults to Democrats, but when I’ve pointed out his interview with the antisemitic Palestinian “pastor” and his propping up of the amateur “historian” who justified Nazism, they’re shocked. “I didn’t know that,” they insist.

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23 hrs agoLiked by Danielle Pletka

I’m ashamed to admit that I was once a big fan of Tucker. But in addition to what Kim mentioned above, Carlson recently laughed it up with guest Jimmy Dore, a smart ass who actually believes the nonsense that Israel is an apartheid state and Dore has accused Netanyahu of engineering the October 7th slaughter on innocent Israelis. Tucker is definitely sleeping with the enemy.

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20 hrs agoLiked by Danielle Pletka

Lest anyone forget when Kamala refused to call Bibi an ally during her 60 Minutes interview or completely sidestepped the question about whether she's more pro-Israel than Trump during the recent CNN Town Hall. I don't really care what she says about Israel during highly rehearsed and premeditated rallies or speeches. It's her off-the-cuff remarks that prove to me that she has absolutely no staunch commitment to the Jews or Israel.

(And the same goes for Trump. He doesn't do anything with the intention of it being "good for the Jews" or Israel. It's whatever will be good for Trump. And sometimes those two things just happen to align.)

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Amen.

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Umm he went to the Ohel and has been a quiet major benefactor to the Friendship Circle.

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Great stuff once again Ms. Pletka. Trying to apply principles to these two is difficult. "There is no substitute for victory" is a truth I subscribe to, but would like your views on whether Ukraine has a path to victory short of U.S. direct involvement.

Double Hater, funny. All elections are basically a choice between a broken arm or a broken leg. Not a choice.

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23 hrs agoLiked by Danielle Pletka

your election analysis is interesting... I agree Kamala is a bit of an empty vessel on foreign policy but at least she will think before she tweets... as for JD, his aversion to attacking Iran is the only good thing about him...

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I'm not persuaded she thinks before she tweets, nor persuaded that she is the author of her tweets/statements if her plagiarism record is any indication. Sloppy staff. And yes, Trump tweets are nothing to write home about. Re Vance, LOL, I can see how you would like JD for that alone. You're welcome to him. :)

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Nov 1Liked by Danielle Pletka

Danielle. You are double hating the candidates and double doubting both when it comes to Israel. In short, either way, Israel is f*@ked which is my view and worry all along.....

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Everything you write is true. But there is one thing that sticks out to me. There are exactly two Democrats in Congress who have had the moral clarity to defend Israel this past year in the manner that the administration should be doing. They are Senator John Fetterman and Congressman Richie Torres. The vast majority of Republicans in Congress with small exceptions have been stalwart. So thats that. We know what we are getting with any Democrat, best case scenario is a desperate push to end the war and return to the status quo of October 6. There is a chance a Trump team would be different. Also I am convinced that Trump would not be silent around the obscene Jew hatred that has fully permeated American campuses and cities. It goes without saying that Harris would change nothing.

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I agree with this, including the first sentence. The pandering to Tucker bothers me most. However, I think Danielle is wrong to equate Trump's challenge to Jews not voting for him to Biden's "you ain't black. . . " complaint. Biden's insulting remark was that of the plantation owner telling his slaves to stay put in their shacks out back. Trump is Nat Turner inviting them to rise up against that plantation owner and follow the Union army north. Well, that's a somewhat silly analogy, I realize, but my views are more fully articuluted by this:

https://www.theeditors.com/p/say-no-to-kamala-an-american-never-trumper-in-israel-urges-fetterman-write-in

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16 hrs ago·edited 16 hrs ago

Disappointing column. The author neglects the people Kamala has brought in to advise her on the Middle East and the history of the guy she appointed as her liaison to the Jewish community. Also neglects that she said that the pro-Hamas "protesters" had the "right emotion.". Since their emotion was one of genocidal Jew hatred does she mean that's the " right emotion?". Also note that she always talks about supporting Israel's right to defend itself. By this she means that she supports Israel's right to swat at the thousands of rockets Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran have launched at it but she never supports Israel's right to defend itself by striking the countries/groups launching them, their missile storage and launchers, or key infrastructures. Also, Kanye West brought Fuentes to dinner with Trump without permission. Trump had nothing to do with it except not throwing them both out on their ears.

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Speaking as the “disappointing” author 😉, I don’t think I have missed the peccadilloes of our candidates, so much as edited for space. If you take a look at my other pieces, particularly the one on the left’s “Israel’s defense” evasion, I think you will see that it’s not that I don’t see these many problems, so much as I weight them differently from you. But that’s the point of a comments section. DP

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Also Trumps appeal in the Jewish community is directly proportional to one’s Jewish commitment. Which is why in the only segments that are growing (and not Emhoffing them selves out of existence ) the Orthodox are overwhelmingly supporting Trump.

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As an unapologetic unassimilated Jew( yes I put on tefillin today and Good Hodesh) Trump’s “ Anybody who’s Jewish and loves being Jewish and loves Israel is a fool if they vote for a Democrat,” is absolutely correct.

Unlike Jewish liberals he has Jewish grandchildren and Jewish liberals just like during the Shoah just don’t care much.

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If you want more edited answers on CBS about Israel then choose the Border Czar. If you want more ISIS coming through the southern and northern border choose the Border Czar

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Very well written and informative. Yet, it seems very shallow regarding the Trump column of her balance sheet. Both Trump, Carlson, and others mentioned truly seek perspectives outside of their envelop, and tolerate the consequential collisions. I sense this is not a strong point of the author.

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Not quite sure what you mean. I spend quite a lot of time looking at what others who disagree say. Do I have a point of view? Well, yes. I enjoy a good debate with serious smart people. I completely agree that Trump is not a doctrinaire adherent to any particular perspective. I called the balls, I called the strikes. I missed a bunch. But you don't get to hang out with antisemites and Holocaust deniers and get a pass. Ditto, hanging out with "Gaza genocide" loons of the Code Pink variety inexcusable. Marc says it's a binary sort. I disagree. DP

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Though I’m not inclined for a long thread, I guess I could explain I may be more tolerant than others regarding the Trump and Tucker criticisms you allude to. I do believe, with no need for proof, that they are thinking, or trying to, at a more profound level than a casual observer might perceive. They definitely have proven the ability in the past. Regarding Owen, I appreciated her when she got started and her resume at the time, but I haven’t read her comments since them. Perhaps she has changed too much.

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I can’t imagine a world where Trump goes against Putin’s interests, Putin who is closer than ever to Iran. I wish people could just see that Trump’s primary interest in Jews is in using us as a wedge issue with which to bludgeon the Democratic Party.

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I don't think that's entirely fair. He has always been pro-Israel, even as a Democrat. I also know a world where he went against Putin's interests in sanctioning Russia and arming Ukraine. I just don't know that 45 Trump will be 47 Trump; hence some concern.

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Like lowering the price of petroleum by drilling or by bombing Russian soldiers in Syria or blocking the Nordstrom pipeline?

Facts are a tricky thing.

Oh and unlike Jewish liberals he has Jewish grandchildren. Wedge issue my arse

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Trump doesn’t really have a foreign policy, because he doesn’t have principles or consistent beliefs. I also think normies were determining policy in his prior administration in a way that won’t be true for a future administration. I think it’s going to be all about the “deals”/bribes/flattery, etc. Not sure Israel’s going to win that war of who can bribe and suck up to Trump better. Plus, Jews don’t do well when society devolves into fascism.

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Fascists investigate their political opponents, try to prosecute them , fabricate Russia hoaxes, encourage assassins and prohibit or limit secret service protection.

Moreover, Trump overwhelmingly has the support of those who survived Hitler and their descendants.

Those predisposed to be cowardly kowtowing collaborators flock to Harris.

But avoiding BS wars and paying to protect “ allies “ and not funding Iran and building up our energy infrastructure so we don’t have to kowtow to Putin Or the Mullahs is a damn good foriign policy.

But I do know there is one party in the US that did set up concentration camps.

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