President Trump said in a radio interview this morning that he believes every American Jew should vote for him next month because “no one has done more for the Jewish people than me.”
“I should get 100% of the vote,” Trump said in an interview on “Sid & Friends in the Morning.” There’s no better person for the Jewish people, and probably for the Jewish people and for Israel. There’s no one better than anyone else.” A drive-time radio show reaching listeners in the New York metropolitan area.
President Trump reiterated his belief that if he had been in the Oval Office, the October 7 terrorist attacks would never have happened.
Jewish Americans have overwhelmingly voted for Democratic presidential candidates for decades, but some polls conducted this year show Republicans gaining ground over Jewish voters.
President Trump received a larger share of the Jewish-American vote, in part due to his administration’s pro-Israel policies, including the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 2017 and the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv. He has repeatedly stated that he believes he has the right to To Jerusalem.
For example, in a previous interview on “Sid & Friends,” President Trump said, “If you’re Jewish, if you vote Democratic, you’re an idiot, a total idiot.”
In response, many Jewish community leaders have suggested that their followers feel a “dual loyalty” between the United States and Israel, saying that President Trump has used anti-Semitic metaphors to describe human trafficking. accused of doing so. Supporters say Jewish American voters are motivated in this election by a wide range of domestic and international issues.
In a separate interview with conservative media personality Hugh Hewitt, President Trump was asked whether Gaza could rival Monaco if it was “rebuilt the right way” by real estate developers. President Trump responded that Gaza could be “better than Monaco” in part because it has “the best location in the Middle East.”
“This may be the most beautiful place, weather, water, climate,” the former president said.
