Trump trots out dual-loyalty anti-semitic trope during call with American Jewish leaders

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https://www.jta.org/2020/09/16/politics/on-rosh-hashanah-call-trump-tells-american-jews-we-love-your-country-and-asks-for-their-vote

BY RON KAMPEAS SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 2:26 PM

President Donald Trump spent much of his 20-minute call with American Jewish leaders making the case for more American Jews to vote for him. He closed by repeating a line that has raised their eyebrows before.

“We really appreciate you,” Trump said as he signed off the call, an annual pre-Rosh Hashanah presidential tradition. “We love your country also.”

Earlier, introducing his Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who brokered the historic deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain that were signed Tuesday at the White House, Trump called him “an unbelievable leader for Israel.”

The comments echoed others he has made in the past that suggest that American Jews think of themselves as Israelis, including at a White House Hanukkah party two years ago.

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[Behind the Aegis]

1. Again, in a news day filled with antisemitism, I am not surprised.

He has done this before. And there are those on his side who defend this bullshit, including a gaggle of Court Jews. Part of the problem is there are too many who don't realize this is antisemitic and think this is a fact. Jews the world-over get accused of being more loyal to Israel than their own nations, and this is NOTHING new. Even before Israel existed, Jews were accused of being more loyal to this or that as opposed to their native country. Most people don't care. This was one of the planks laid out by the Nazis to accuse Jews of not being "real" Germans.