This Rabbi, was trying to include Seattle in with the other 11,000 public Menorah displays that Chabad Lubavitch sponsors around the country. Usually, these Menorahs are paid for by private donors and the host site merely provides a space and electricity. Who puts up the Christmas trees and who pays for them in public places?
The original American settlers left Europe to be free from Christian-on-Christian religious persecution. More recently, American soldiers went to Europe and died by the millions to free the West from Nazi domination, which included ethnic cleansing against Jews. They liberated the death camps. The relatives of many American Christians are buried all over Europe. Ever since then, American taxpayers have supported the nation of Israel. Our nation has fought many culture wars to end discrimination in jobs and housing against minorities, and those of us in our 60s can plainly see a much different society as a result. Wherever Gentiles are in the overwhelming majority, Gentiles pay the majority of all taxes.
So if it comes down to accounting, a dozen trees vs. lives of soldiers from Seattle area or 60 years of taxes, are you saying the accounts aren't showing a balance?
Presumably us the Taxpayers pays for the Christmas Tree decorations.