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Ironic, to say the least

The media’s indictment of Trump as an anti-Semite

By STEPHEN J. SNIEGOSKI
 

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Despite the fact that they are forever scrutinizing Donald Trump, the mainstream media seem to have largely missed the fact that he advocates policies more supportive of Israel than those of any American president. They missed the fact, too, that if Trump became president, he would enjoy closer connections with American Jews than any of his predecessors. It's decidedly ironic, then, that Trump is frequently attacked as anti-Semitic. I will discuss possible reasons for that after providing ample evidence of Trump's philo-Semitism and intense pro-Israel positions.

It is almost axiomatic that a very successful real-estate developer in New York City such as Trump would need to have close ties to the Jewish political and financial elite. Because of his support for Jewish activities, charitable and otherwise, [1] prestigious Jewish groups have honored him in various ways. For example, in 2004 he became the first non-Jewish grand marshal of the Salute to Israel Parade in New York City. [2] Trump also received the Algemeiner Liberty Award in February 2015 at the Algemeiner Journal's annual "Jewish 100" gala, which celebrates the "top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life." The New York-based newspaper (which also has an important blog that has been compared to Huffington Post) deals with Jewish and Israel-related news. Former Senator Joseph Lieberman, noted for his support for Israel, described the paper as an "independent truth-telling advocate for the Jewish people and Israel." [3] The recently deceased Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel chaired the Algemeiner Advisory Board. [4]

In 1983, the Jewish National Fund's New York City real-estate committee presented Trump with its Tree of Life award, its second-highest award. [5] In 2000, the UJA (United Jewish Appeal) – Federation of New York's Hospitality Division presented Trump with the Hotel and Real Estate Visionary of the Century Award. Trump donated $25,000 to the group in 2012 and $15,000 in 2014. [6]
 

Trump also has close family connections with Jews. Two of his three married children — Ivanka and Eric — are married to Jews. The most significant of those is Ivanka, his favorite child, who is now running his real-estate business while he campaigns for president. She is married to an Orthodox Jew, Jared Kushner, and she converted to Orthodox Judaism before the marriage.

Though only 35, Kushner, a Harvard graduate, is a prominent real-estate developer, as is his father, Charles Kushner. Jared Kushner and his family have connections to Israel. Along with his father, Kushner was listed in a 2015 report by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as a benefactor of its real-estate committee, a status that required a donation of at least $36,000. Kushner's parents are heavily involved in Jewish philanthropy. Their generosity includes a donation of $20 million to a medical-school campus in Jerusalem, now named after them.

On top of that, both Jared Kushner and his father have been major contributors to the Democratic Party. [7] (In 2005, the elder Kushner was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to making illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering. [8])

Jared Kushner also owns the New York Observer newspaper. Shortly after acquiring it, he fired writer Phil Weiss, a Jewish critic of Israel. At Trump's behest, Kushner played a major role in shaping Trump's gushingly pro-Israel speech at the AIPAC conference in March. Trump explained: "Jared spoke to many of his friends from Israel and we put it together with a lot of great people." That included Kushner's consultation with Israel's ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer. [9] Kushner was also able to get help on the speech from Observer editor Ken Kurson, a former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani. The Observer endorsed Trump in April. [10]

Kushner reportedly was also involved in Trump's decision to fire his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, and he has been assigned a leading position in Trump's transition team, which will select staff for a possible Trump administration. (Staff selection could determine Trump administration policy. That was certainly the case in the George W. Bush administration when Dick Cheney selected neocons and people close to the neocons for positions pertaining to foreign policy and national security.)
 

Trump also selected two very hard-line Jewish Zionists as his advisors on Israel — David M. Friedman and Jason D. Greenblatt. Both are strongly supportive of the Jewish settlements on the West Bank, which are illegal according to international law. The two are real-estate lawyers with negligible experience in foreign policy. Both work for Trump — Greenblatt is Trump's chief lawyer and Friedman is (ahem) a bankruptcy expert. [11]

Friedman writes regularly on Arutz Sheva, an extreme right-wing Israeli website, and has a residence in Jerusalem. He serves as the president of American Friends of Bet El. Bet El [12] is one of the many illegal Jewish settlements on the West Bank. Situated next to Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, Bet El is about a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem. Its continued existence would hinder or even prevent the creation of an independent Palestinian state. That is exactly what the settlers want, since they firmly believe that God gave the land to Jews and that no independent Palestinian state on the West Bank should exist. [13]

Supportive of the settlements, Friedman rejects a two-state solution. He wrote in February: "That's the 'two-state solution' — an illusion that serves the worst intentions of both the United States and the Palestinian Arabs. It has never been a solution, only a narrative. But even the narrative itself now needs to end." According to Friedman, the middle-class Palestinians are not interested in being governed by Palestinians but instead focus on economic prosperity, which no Palestinian government could provide. "Radicalized Palestinian terrorists need to be rooted out and eliminated," he asserts. "But the remainder — perhaps the majority — of Palestinians should finally benefit from the hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes paid by the U.S. State Department to [Mahmoud] Abbas. [Abbas is president of Palestine.] Fostering a Palestinian middle class is the solution of the 21st century and it has nothing to do with two states." [14]

In essence, what Friedman advocates is a one-state solution under Jewish rule, with the removal of "radicalized Palestinian terrorists" — which seems to mean those Palestinians who would not openly accept that solution. He implies that this might be a majority of the Palestinian population. He thus seeks a sugar-coated version of forced expulsion.

Trump's other advisor on Israel is Jason Greenblatt, who has worked for Trump for the past 19 years, dealing solely with real-estate and company matters. In describing Greenblatt, Trump said. "Jason's very much a consultant to me on Israel, on everything. He's a tremendously talented lawyer, one of the great real-estate lawyers of the City of New York, and he has tremendous passion for Israel. When he goes on vacation, he goes to Israel." [15] In a meeting with Jewish reporters, Trump said of Greenblatt: "He's a person who truly loves Israel. I love to get advice from people that know Israel, but from people that truly love Israel." [16]

Though lacking any foreign-policy background, Greenblatt avers that he has extensive knowledge of Israeli issues through relying on AIPAC materials and a weekly radio program featuring Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Greenblatt also claims to rely on people "involved in the Israeli government at certain levels and [to] hear their thoughts." [17] As is apparent, any advice coming from Greenblatt would be oriented to advance the interests of Israel, not the United States.

Greenblatt believes that Washington needs to use financial pressure against the Palestinians to make them deal with Israel. It has to be made clear to the Palestinians that they are "not going to get the benefits they get from the United States unless they come to the table." [18]
 

According to reports, pro-Israel, multi-billionaire Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who has publicly endorsed Trump, has offered to provide the Trump campaign with more than $100 million. [19] In a list of the wealthiest supporters of Israel, Adelson placed third and Trump tenth. [20]

Adelson is an ultra-hard-liner on Israel who even stopped supporting AIPAC in 2007 when it appeared to be supporting a peace initiative championed by then-Prime Minister Olmert, President George W. Bush, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. [21] In 2009, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), a hard-line group that wants Israel to retain the occupied territories and expand the Jewish settlements, presented Adelson its most distinguished and historic award, the Theodor Herzl Gold Medallion for outstanding achievement in Zionism. His wife received the Louis D. Brandeis Award. And one of ZOA's major awards is now named in their honor: the Dr. Miriam & Sheldon Adelson Defender of Israel Award. [22]

That Trump's campaign is currently strapped for money, having only a reported $1.3 million cash on hand — an amount needed for an average campaign for the House of Representatives — has made Adelson someone of the utmost importance. Despite his reported promise of funding, however, Adelson has not yet provided any money. [23] Apparently it is not unknown for big donors to wait until the start of the general election campaign before providing their money, but Adelson might be using this method as leverage to pressure not only Trump but also Hillary Clinton to demonstrate that they will be ardently pro-Israel. For Trump, that would mean more funding from Adelson. On the other hand, if Clinton trumped Trump in demonstrating support for Israel, funding for Trump would be reduced.

Trump's recent remarks about including Newt Gingrich in his administration might be an effort to appeal to Adelson. [24] Gingrich was Adelson's favored candidate for the Republican nomination in 2012 until he failed to win votes in the spring primaries. Adelson had purportedly spent $20 million to support Gingrich's campaign. [25] At that time, Gingrich was so extreme in his defense of Israel as to claim that the Palestinians are an "invented" people. "We have invented the Palestinian people," he opined, "who are in fact Arabs and are historically part of the Arab people, and they had the chance to go many places." [26] Presumably, they did not have a right to statehood. Even hard-line neocon Elliott Abrams (Norman Podhoretz's son-in-law) criticized Gingrich on this issue. [27] Gingrich's position on Palestine, however, was completely in line with that of Adelson. [28]

There also might be a factor not directly connected to Israel that is leading Adelson to hold off funding Trump. Since Adelson's wealth is based on his gambling casinos, he is a major foe of on-line gambling, and he funds the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, which is lobbying heavily for a national ban on that activity, purportedly for moral reasons. Adelson has commented that he is "willing to spend whatever it takes" to stop on-line gambling. (There is a tangential connection to Israel here since any reduction of Adelson's income would concomitantly reduce the money he could give to Israeli causes.) He has the support of a number of politicians, such as Senator Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), but is opposed by constitutionalists, who hold that the states should determine such matters, and by those of a libertarian bent.

A slight indication that Trump might be moving toward opposing on-line gambling was his campaign's hiring Michael Abboud as its new communications coordinator. Abboud is the nephew of the leading figure in Adelson's anti-on-line movement, Andy Abboud, vice president of government relations for the Las Vegas Sands casino and resort company. [29] Since Trump's current position on the issue has not yet been made known, and he supported on-line gambling a few years ago, Adelson could be pressuring him to adopt a gambling-ban position before providing him with full financial support. [30]
 

Now to Trump's current position on Israel. Early this year, to the ire of the Israel lobby, Trump said that he would be "neutral" in negotiating a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians — but he has moved far from that position since then. Trump has claimed to be far more supportive of Israel than President Obama or Hillary Clinton, and his stated positions essentially comport with that claim.

Since becoming an advisor to Trump on Israel, David Friedman has said that, in contrast to U.S. policy, Trump did not regard the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to be an "American imperative." Rather, Friedman went so far as to say that Trump would support Israel's continued building of settlements in the West Bank and the annexation of parts or even all of that territory, if Israel so desired. [31]

On the building of settlements, Trump, in an interview with the British Daily Mail, has even gone further than allowing Israel to build them, holding that Israel should do so. "I don't think there should be a pause" (which the Obama administration has called for), Trump told the Daily Mail. "I think Israel really have [sic] to keep going. They have to keep moving forward." [32] The ultra-Zionists of ZOA strongly praised Trump for his pro-settlement position. [33]

Trump's positions on the West Bank violate not only American policy as it has existed since the Lyndon Johnson administration — during which Israel grabbed the West Bank as a result of the Six Day War in 1967 — but also international law. Moreover, if Israel actually followed Trump's advice, it would likely cause a major international firestorm against both it and the United States, which would include more anti-Western terrorism. But if Israel followed Trump's advice only to a limited extent, that would still have a seriously detrimental effect on American and Western interests in the Middle East and with Muslims worldwide.

We must also note, however, that Trump seems to eschew the neocon regime-change agenda, which has been especially applied to Israel's enemies. The current designated target is Bashar Assad's Syria, Hillary Clinton being at one with the neocons in that endeavor. Trump, in contrast, is explicitly opposed to removing the Assad regime. Trump does rail against the nuclear agreement with Iran, but even here he is not calling for its termination — which he could accomplish with the stroke of a pen, since it is an executive agreement, not a treaty. Instead, he simply claims that he will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, a position that seems quite similar to Obama's. [34]
 

At the same time the mainstream media generally ignore the key facts of Trump's campaign that show him to be pro-Jewish and pro-Israel, they brand Trump as an anti-Semite. (Most of my material on Trump's staff comes from Jewish or Israeli sources.) For proof they rely largely upon the anti-Semitic statements, including tweets, of some of his self-identified supporters, most of whom are anonymous and have no connection to Trump's campaign, much less any influence on it.

Also seized upon as purported evidence of anti-Semitism is Trump's use of the term "America First," which happened to be the name of the major group opposed to U.S. entry into World War II. "America First" as a generic motto simply means putting America's interests above those of any other country or any special interest. There seems to be no reason that the historical group should have a monopoly on the term, any more than the Soviet Union — the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics — should have had a monopoly on the term "socialist." Trump, in fact, uses the motto in a broader sense than did the World War II group, which focused on military intervention in the ongoing war; Trump applies it to trade policy as well as military policy. [35]

That said, there was nothing malevolent about the actual America First organization. As the pre-eminent historian of America First, Wayne S. Cole, pointed out, [36] the supporters of the organization were not motivated by pro-Nazism or anti-Semitism; they believed that American entry into the war (which they maintained would be the result of President Roosevelt's policies, although he claimed otherwise) would harm America's interests. Cole writes:

The committee's leaders rejected rioting and violence. They barred Nazis, Fascists, and anti-Semites from membership, and tried to enforce those bans. The committee used orderly democratic methods in desperate efforts to keep the United States out of the wars raging abroad. The committee's positions on foreign affairs were consistent with traditions extending back to the beginnings of America's independent history and before. [37]
 
Next we come to the recent media-fomented brouhaha over Trump's tweet of a picture that featured a red, filled-in six-pointed star, enclosing the message: "Most corrupt candidate ever!," close to an image of Hillary Clinton's face overlaid on a multitude of $100 bills. In the eyes of the mainstream media, that was a definite indication of anti-Semitism, with the star being the Jewish Star of David, presumably indicating that Jewish money is behind Clinton. [38]

Two hours after putting the post up, after discovering that it caused offense, Trump sent out another tweet that replaced the star with a circle. Trump removed the original message shortly thereafter. Few people would have known about the tweet if the mainstream media had not gone ballistic over it.

The media demanded an apology from Trump for the alleged anti-Semitic act and condemned him when it was not forthcoming. Essentially they put Trump in a no-win situation reminiscent of being asked, "Have you stopped beating your wife?" Instead of apologizing, Trump defended himself, noting that sheriff's badges have six points and that Disney used a similar six-pointed star in advertising its movie "Frozen" without provoking the media to undertake deliberations over whether that usage conveyed a pro-Jewish or anti-Semitic message.

One of the leading voice actors for "Frozen" actually castigated Trump for discussing the subject on the grounds that "there are more important things to think about right now." [39] Similarly, a writer in the webzine Salon observed that "the notoriously thin-skinned candidate can't seem to let it go and move on." [40] It is worth noting that this lack-of-importance standard came into play only when Trump tried to defend himself against the media assault. Of course, the matter was totally insignificant, but that raises the questions of why the media brought it up in the first place and why they harped on it. The whole affair smelled like a Stalinist show trial, though the media lacked the prosecutorial ability to physically force Trump to confess guilt.

Apparently a Star of David can be filled in, and not merely be an outline, but I do not recall ever seeing that style. Actually, if I had been queried about Trump's star's symbolic meaning without knowing of the controversy, I probably would have mentioned Communism or the Soviet Union, being struck more by the red color than the number of points and recalling that Hillary was sometimes attacked as a totalitarian Communist by her non-PC critics. (I had to check to discover that the Soviet red star had only five points.)

I had thought the Jewish symbol just consisted of the lines of two overlapping equilateral triangles, as in the Israeli flag; the triangles are much easier to detect when they are not filled in with the same color. I think very few Americans would identify a star such as the one Trump tweeted as having to do with Jews. And if Hillary Clinton could be befuddled by State Department security rules, it would be reasonable to assume that Trump and his staff would be unable to identify a filled-in six-pointed star as the Star of David. Finally, it is hard to grasp how Trump would come to attack Jewish money since he is seeking just that from Adelson, his major backer. [41]
 

The mainstream media's suggestion that Trump is an anti-Semite and their parallel failure to mention countervailing facts is an important part of their ongoing meme that Trump is an evil racist. Pointing out that pro-Israel Jews loom very large in Trump's campaign would either undercut that meme or connect pro-Israel Jews with racism, which is something that the mainstream media cannot do. It is thus necessary to ignore, or greatly downplay, Trump's positive connection to Jews.

Now, some of Trump's support comes from people who are normally opposed to the pro-Israel orientation of American Middle East policy. Just like the mainstream media, some of those Trump fans seem to deny the significance of the man's stated positions and project their own non-interventionist views onto Trump, believing that his pro-Israel stance is intended solely for the presidential campaign. Given Trump's background, his current staff, and the likelihood that Adelson's funds will make his staff even more pro-Israel, it is highly improbable that this "ruse" scenario is the case.

Of course, numerous issues are in play in the campaign, so even opposition to Trump's over-the-top support for Israel might not necessarily determine one's vote. Even in regard to the realm of foreign policy, other issues could outweigh the Israel and Palestine question. In fact, even in regard to the Middle East, Trump would appear to be somewhat less interventionist than Hillary Clinton, by virtue of his explicit opposition to regime change.

On the world scene, the most dangerous developing issue involves Russia, where Trump takes a far more pacific stance than Clinton. Given the fact that a conflict with Russia has the potential of spiraling into a very serious situation, even unto nuclear war, the Israel-Palestine conflict might seem to pale by comparison. Nonetheless, Trump's apparent rejection, absolutely, of Palestinian rights not only would further inflame the Middle East against the United States but would also turn world opinion sharply in the same direction. Ω

July 17, 2016

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1. Steward Ain, "Trump's Jewish Giving Rubs against Tenor of His Campaign," Jewish Week, March 30, 2016.

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2. David Freedlander, "How Donald Trump Got Tapped to Lead New York's Israel Day Parade," New York Magazine, May 15, 2016.

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3. "Algemeiner Journal," Wikipedia.

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4. "Algemeiner Journal," Wikipedia.

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5. Stewart Ain, "Trump's Jewish Giving Rubs against Tenor of His Campaign," Jewish Week, March 30, 2016.

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6. Stewart Ain, "Trump's Jewish Giving Rubs against Tenor of His Campaign," Jewish Week, March 30, 2016.

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7. Emily Flitter, "Jewish Son-in-law Kushner Guided Trump's Triumphant AIPAC Speech," Haaretz, April 5, 2016.

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8. "Charles Kushner," Wikipedia.

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9. Nathan Guttman, "Donald Trump Puzzles Jewish Groups by Failing to Create Communication Channels," Forward, May 10, 2016.

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10. Rebecca Berg, "Jared Kushner, Trump's Unlikely Wing Man," Real Clear Politics, May 31, 2016.

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11. Gil Ronan, "Trump names Arutz Sheva columnist as Israel advisor," Arutz Sheva, April 15, 2016.

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12. Bet El is sometimes written Beit El in English.

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13. Patrick Martin, "Settlers of Beit El show the obstacles to Middle East peace," Globe and Mail, April 12, 2016; and Hillel Halkin, "Bet-El and Ramallah," New York Sun, April 1, 2008.

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14. David Friedman, "Op Ed: End the two-state narrative," Arutz Sheva, February 8, 2016.

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15. Uriel Heilman, "No Experience Necessary: Meet Trump's Orthodox Israel Advisor," Forward, April 18, 2016.

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16. Uriel Heilman, "No Experience Necessary: Meet Trump's Orthodox Israel Advisor," Forward, April 18, 2016.

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17. Uriel Heilman, "No Experience Necessary: Meet Trump's Orthodox Israel Advisor," Forward, April 18, 2016.

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18. Uriel Heilman, "No Experience Necessary: Meet Trump's Orthodox Israel Advisor," Forward, April 18, 2016.

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19. Jonathan Martin, "Sheldon Adelson Is Poised to Give Donald Trump a Donation Boost," International New York Times, May 13, 2016; and Sheldon G. Adelson, "Sheldon Adelson: I endorse Donald Trump for president," Washington Post, May 13, 2016.

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20. Abra Forman, "Meet America's Top 20 Richest Pro-Israel 'Zionaires,' overlaid on dollar bill," BreakingIsraelNews, October 28, 2015.

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21. Wayne Barrett, "Is Gingrich's Hard Line on Palestine Paid for by Sheldon Adelson?," The Daily Beast, January 18, 2012.

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22. Wayne Barrett, "Is Gingrich's Hard Line on Palestine Paid for by Sheldon Adelson?," The Daily Beast, January 18, 2012.

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23. Nathan Guttman, "Donald Trump Has a Puny Campaign Warchest. Where's Sheldon Adelson's Cash?," Forward, June 23, 2016; and Armin Rosen, "Trump Needs Adelson's Fortune More Than Ever," Tablet, June 24, 2016.

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24. M.J. Lee, "How Newt Gingrich became Donald Trump's inside man," CNN, July 6, 2016.

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25. Maggie Haberman, "Gingrich: Adelson supports me because of Israel," Politico, January 28, 2012; Abby Phillip and Dave Levinthal, "Adelson tally to Gingrich: $20M," Politico, April 20, 2012; and Stephen Sniegoski, "Gingrich's Major Backer Arch-Zionist Sheldon Adelson," My Catbird Seat, January 23, 2012.

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26. Amy Gardner and Philip Rucker, "Gingrich calls Palestinians an 'invented' people," Washington Post, December 9, 2011.

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27. Amy Gardner and Philip Rucker, "Gingrich calls Palestinians an 'invented' people," Washington Post, December 9, 2011.

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28. Wayne Barrett, "Is Gingrich's Hard Line on Palestine Paid for by Sheldon Adelson?," The Daily Beast, January 18, 2012.

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29. Adelson is the chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, which owns the Las Vegas Sands.

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30. Steve Ruddock, "Trump's Newest Adelson Connection Could Be Bad News for Online Gambling," US Poker, June 30, 2016; and David Sheldon, "Donald Trump Campaign Hires Las Vegas Sands Relative Michael Abboud as Communications Coordinator," Casino.Org, June 30, 2016.

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31. Stuart Winer, "Top Trump aide: He'd back Israeli annexations in West Bank," Times of Israel, June 24, 2016; and Barak Ravid, "Trump Would Support Israeli Annexation of Parts of West Bank, Says Adviser," Haaretz, June 23, 2016.

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32. Jessica Schulberg, "Trump Says Israel Should 'Keep Moving Forward' Building Illegal Settlements," Huffington Post, May 4, 2016.

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33. Jacob Kornbluh, "ZOA Praises Trump for Supporting Israel's Continued Settlement Activity," Jewish Insider, May 5, 2016.

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34. Daniel W. Drezner, "My five foreign policy questions for Donald Trump," Washington Post, March 22, 2016.

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35. Justin Raimondo, "'America First' — The Trump Slogan the Establishment Hates," Antiwar.com, April 13, 2016.

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36. Wayne S. Cole, America First: The Battle Against Intervention, 1940-1941 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press), 1953.

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37. Wayne S. Cole, Determinism and American Foreign Relations during the Franklin D. Roosevelt Era (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America), 1995, p. 40.

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38. Deborah E. Lipstadt, a historian specializing in Jewish history, especially the Holocaust, has a slightly different take, writing that Trump engages in "inadvertent" anti-Semitism, which might be even worse than "real" anti-Semitism. See Lipstadt, "Is Donald Trump's Inadvertent Anti-Semitism Worse Than the Real Thing?," Forward, July 7, 2016.

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39. Lauren Le Vine, "Kristen Bell Slams Donald Trump's Frozen-Star of David Tweet in Light of Recent Shootings," Vanity Fair, July 8, 2016.

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40. Sophia Tesfaye, "'Let it gooooooo': Trump roundly mocked after attacking 'Frozen' to defend his Star of David tweet," Salon, July 7, 2016.

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41. The media have claimed that the picture of Hillary and the six-pointed star originated on a pro-Nazi site, which they say proves that Trump is pro-Nazi. In fact, the graphic seems to have originated as a Twitter tweet on June 15 from @FishBoneHead1, who describes himself as a "comedian" who will "probably offend you if you are Liberal, Politically Correct, Feminist, Democrat." The image only appeared a week later on a neo-Nazi Internet message board.

I have seen no evidence that @FishBoneHead1 himself identifies with Nazis. In line with his self-description, it is reasonable to assume that he intended his cartoon graphic to illustrate a common anti-Hillary meme, to wit, that she derives vast amounts of money from various powerful people, including foreigners (with no focus on Jews), who pony up with the expectation of receiving political favors. That fits in well with Trump's use of the "Crooked Hillary" moniker.

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