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Trump irks Jewish donors with comments on Mideast peace
WHIO-TV ^ | December 3, 2015 | Steve Peoples and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press

Posted on 12/03/2015 2:19:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The Jewish donors gathered Thursday had two demands of the Republican presidential candidates who'd come to speak to them: unambiguous support for Israel and respect.

Donald Trump seemed to fail at both.

The party's 2016 front-runner openly questioned Israel's commitment to the Mideast peace process in his remarks to the Republican Jewish Coalition, echoing comments he made the night before in an interview with The Associated Press. He drew boos after refusing to endorse Jerusalem as the nation's undivided capital. And he suggested to the influential group simply wanted to install a puppet in the White House....

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To: wideawake

You’re taking Trump from the wrong angle anyhow. He never promised to be conservative. He promised to mirror the wishes of an America that he says he wants to see become great again — apparently he believes in it apart from its politician class.

Fortunately, America apart from its politician class has tended to be a lot more conservative than said class... so someone like you would stand to gain anyhow.

But Trump, once more, never promised to be conservative per se. This is really a “ball in your court” moment for greater America. And it makes perfect constitutional sense. Who’s oversigned on that document?


21 posted on 12/03/2015 2:47:15 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: wideawake

He never said any such thing. Bibi has said that Israel is willing to come to the table and bargain. Of course it is the Palestinians that is the problem. They only want to exterminate the Jews. Yasser Arafat proved that.


22 posted on 12/03/2015 2:47:17 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: wideawake

You’re never wrong about anything ever, either.


23 posted on 12/03/2015 2:47:37 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

On the eve of the event, Trump weighed in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an interview with The Associated Press. He questioned for the first time both sides’ commitment to peace, adding that he would know within six months of being elected president whether he could broker an elusive peace accord.He doubled down on those comments Thursday in an auditorium packed with Israel’s most loyal supporters.”I don’t know that Israel has the commitment to make it, and I don’t know the other side has the commitment to make it,” Trump said.


24 posted on 12/03/2015 2:50:11 PM PST by bramps (Islam is a preview of Hell)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
He drew boos after refusing to endorse Jerusalem as the nation's undivided capital.

So he didn't want to be another politician promising to do something that wasn't going to get done. Is that a bad thing?

25 posted on 12/03/2015 2:51:13 PM PST by x
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To: bramps

If Trump really believes that Israel is part of the problem then his judgment really must be questioned.


26 posted on 12/03/2015 2:53:22 PM PST by bramps (Islam is a preview of Hell)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hey Donald as a supporter, I want you to know that was just dumb, get your facts straight. Stop reading the liberal playbook on Israel.


27 posted on 12/03/2015 2:54:31 PM PST by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I watched the video. One person booed. This article is hyped up way beyond reality.


28 posted on 12/03/2015 2:55:35 PM PST by dforest
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To: bramps

Watch the video of this event. This is another overhyped hit job.


29 posted on 12/03/2015 2:56:47 PM PST by dforest
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To: Eddie01

First off , Trump does not do donors.

Second, he totally support Bibi.


30 posted on 12/03/2015 2:58:01 PM PST by GilGil
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To: Eddie01

That’s not my version of the truth..

But it is the general opinion of a N’east reoubs and New Yawker’s...

As to pandering, nope......he does not do it. Nor did Teddy Roosevelt.


31 posted on 12/03/2015 2:58:21 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: dforest

If those quotes are correct then more people should have booed.


32 posted on 12/03/2015 2:58:34 PM PST by bramps (Islam is a preview of Hell)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Trump has Israel’s back. That’s all that needs to be known. He’s got Israel’s back, big-time.


33 posted on 12/03/2015 3:00:35 PM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
You’re never wrong about anything ever, either.

Everyone believes their own opinions are correct: you, Donald Trump, and I are all alike in that regard.

But only a certain kind of person believes that another mere human being besides himself is never wrong about anything ever.

And Trump seems to attract that kind of person.

34 posted on 12/03/2015 3:01:12 PM PST by wideawake
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To: GilGil

Second, he totally support Bibi.
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Not endorsing Israel’s chosen capital is a funny way to endorse it’s leader.


35 posted on 12/03/2015 3:01:56 PM PST by bramps (Islam is a preview of Hell)
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To: GilGil
Trump does not do donors.

Except, of course, that he's taken in millions in donations.

36 posted on 12/03/2015 3:03:40 PM PST by wideawake
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To: flaglady47
Trump has Israel's back. That's all that needs to be known. He's got Israel's back, big-time.

Wow. You even mimic his speech patterns.

37 posted on 12/03/2015 3:05:18 PM PST by wideawake
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To: wideawake

I listened to his speech and Q&A at the Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Forum. He was great; hammered Obama and Hillary. Lots of applause. See the whole event for yourself. I know you are not more proIsrael than me and I think he is going to be fine.


38 posted on 12/03/2015 3:06:52 PM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

So I’m watching the actual speech, and suddenly this article looks like a giant pile of crap.


39 posted on 12/03/2015 3:06:56 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: wideawake

You need to qualify that.

Those are very small contributions and he is not actively soliciting them and as he says many times it is peanuts and they really are.

You have to be honest compared to the hundreds of millions all the other candidates get the Trump donations are irrelevant. Trump takes contributions but he does not take millions at a crack from donors. Be real!


40 posted on 12/03/2015 3:07:35 PM PST by GilGil
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