Politics

By John Zmirak, The Stream - While Democrats addicted to ideological rage who approve of political violence paint targets on President Donald Trump and his team by labeling them “fascists,” let’s check in on what the embattled Jews of Israel have to say. It’s “Thank you, Trump!” chanted by thousands of grateful Israelis at different events in the streets of Tel Aviv, after the signing of a deal to return Israeli hostages seized by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023: President Trump, I say this as a scholar who has published books on fascism and its enemies: You’re doing fascism wrong. ....

By Douglas Andrews, Patriot Post - How did Trump do it? First, by establishing his credibility. And that means saying what he means and meaning what he says. That means greasing Soleimani and obliterating Iran’s nuclear sites, but it also means playing hardball with Bibi Netanyahu... As former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman put it yesterday: “The Biden and the Obama administrations had a series of perpetual red lines that were made to be breached, and in the Middle East, you can’t do that. Nobody took them seriously. In the Middle East … people look at you and they ask, ‘Does this guy mean what he says? Does he have the courage of his convictions?’ And with President Trump … that’s a guy that means what he says, that you should pay attention to.