Trump first names his Jewish or Evangelical henchmen, then the Antisemitic ones?
Is there an evil method to the wicked madness?
After his first election, he was so surprised he won, that it took him forever to fill up cabinet positions, and some were never filled. Not so this time. He’s handing them out like cupcakes.
He found some religious Jews the most trustworthy. He’s adding Latinos.
Here are his nominees so far, in order of being named:
Not: Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo.
Susie Wiles, Chief of Staff, slayed University heads not protecting Jews
Elise Stefanik, UN, won the Adelson Defender of Israel Award
Lee Zeldin, Environment, Jewish
Tom Homan, border czar, was Stephan Miller’s henchman
Stephen Miller, Dep. Chief of Staff, Jewish
John Ratcliffe, CIA, wrote the US-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act
Elon Musk, Efficiency, long history of Antisemitic remarks
Vivek Ramaswamy, Efficiency, Latino, fellow of a Jewish discussion society
Kristi Noem, National Security, pro-Israel, anti-Antisemitism activist
Pete Hegseth, Defense, Christian Zionist, white supremacist tattoos
Mike Huckabee, Ambassador to Israel, Evangelical, Christian Zionist
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, Latino, RC, Zionist
Mike Waltz, National Security, sharp on Antisemitism, Zionist
Tulsi Gabbard, National Intelligence, pro-Israel, pro-Gay, pro-Putin
Steven Witkoff, Envoy ME, Jewish
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health & Human Services, mixed on Jews, anti-Gay
Matt Gaetz, Attorney General, Baptist, ‘Jews killed Jesus’
Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General, bystander
Doug Burgum, Interior, Zionist, anti-Trans
Jared Kushner, Middle East, Jewish
Chris Wright, Energy, anti-life
Will Scharf, White House Assistant, Jew.
These nominees still need to be confirmed by the Senate, but they’ll get the Kavanaugh treatment: the Republican majority approves in any case.
They all fit under a bus any time. One word of ‘disloyalty’ or populism over the Donald, and they will be out. They now feel their election as a lifetime honor, but the King can remove them any day without prior notice.
We know that Trump demands perfect loyalty but has no loyalty to even his most faithful. The highly visible Jews in administration are his security police. As soon as the People found out they have been stiffed, and decide to revolt, he will have an Antisemitic campaign emerge and he will blame the Jews, for the people to be angry with. The oldest trick in the book.
You don’t think so? Ask Rudy Giuliani. Ask My Pillow Man. Ask Mark Pence.
The people most in danger are in order: generals loyal to the Constitution more than to Trump (he needs the military to beat down resistance), individuals who maddened Trump ever, networks who angered Trump, non-Whites (illegal immigrants is just an excuse), transgenders (and the rest of the Queers), feminists and all women, liberals and loyalists to the Constitution, and many more to follow. Be ready for an American Aliyah wave of Biblical proportion. The (ongoing) panic that Israel will lose its ‘Zionist majority’ is not fictitious paranoia of 70 years already.
Meanwhile, they say Trump will take revenge on critics, put top military men on trial ‘for high treason,’ pardon the January 6 criminals, revive his Muslim travel ban, expel all ‘migrants’ from New York, etc.
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Chronologically, his most influential teachers are his parents, Nico (natan) van Zuiden and Betty (beisye) Nieweg, Wim Kan, Mozart, Harvey Jackins, Marshal Rosenberg, Reb Shlomo Carlebach, and, lehavdil bein chayim lechayim, Rabbi Dr. Natan Lopes Cardozo, Rav Zev Leff, and Rav Meir Lubin. This short list doesn't mean to disrespect others who taught him a lot or a little. One of his rabbis calls him Mr. Innovation [Ish haChidushim]. Yet, his originalities seem to root deeply in traditional Judaism, though they may grow in unexpected directions. In fact, he claims he's modernizing nothing. Rather, mainly basing himself on the basic Hebrew Torah text, he tries to rediscover classical Jewish thought almost lost in thousands of years of stifling Gentile domination and Jewish assimilation. (He pleads for a close reading of the Torah instead of going by rough assumptions of what it would probably mean and before fleeing to Commentaries.) This, in all aspects of life, but prominently in the areas of Free Will, Activism, Homosexuality for men, and Redemption. *
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He holds a BA in medicine (University of Amsterdam) – is half a doctor. He practices Re-evaluation Co-counseling since 1977, is not an official teacher anymore, and became a friendly, powerful therapist. He became a social activist, became religious, made Aliyah, and raised three wonderful kids. Previously, for decades, he was known to the Jerusalem Post readers as a frequent letter writer. For a couple of years, he was active in hasbara to the Dutch-speaking public. He wrote an unpublished tome about Jewish Free Will. He's a strict vegan since 2008. He's an Orthodox Jew but not a rabbi. *
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