I saw the light decades ago. Many Orthodox Jews like me did. Besides the negative events that I sited at the start of this thread, there were the facts. Giuliani was an awesome mayor, though my antipathy towards Dinkins and Clinton and the aftermath of the Crown Heights pogrom were what first drew me to vote for him in ‘91. Furthermore, despite his faults, GWB was a great POTUS. What really clinched the deal, however, was Trump. He belongs on Mt. Rushmore, he is so amazing. Of course, they’d have to include a long, read tie and have his ass sticking out the other side at the foot of the hill, so leftards can kiss it. His irreverent, fun-loving approach to oratory is like a breath of fresh air. His campaign style is reminiscent of the best of Harry Truman in ‘48. I have no doubt that he’s studied him. He is just plain substantively great, and not just for Israel.
Political realignment is the norm, not the exception. The original founders of the State of Israel, from David Ben Gurion down, were Marxist heretics of the Trotskyite branch who only switched alignment to Washington in 1958. This according to The Bomb in the Basement (how Israel got the bomb from the French).
He wasn’t close to a great POTUS. In fact, he competes with LBJ (another Texas jackass) for the title of Worst President Since WW2.
Thank you for teaching us on FR.
My Jewish friends have taught me a few things about centuries of mistrust but it is always best if you hear it first hand.
I am still learning.