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As Steven Waldman notes in the Atlantic, “dual-allegiance charges go much further than offering a polite disagreement on policy. They imply not only that a group is un-American, but that its adherents have no agency. They cannot be patriotic, because they are thoroughly under the influence of a foreign power or code.” It’s a way of suggesting not just that one is an “other” but also that one is brainwashed, hypnotized, or lacking in moral agency as a result of nefarious foreign forces. It’s a suggestion that you are a pawn, and lucky to have a protector. This is a slur and a scandal in which the president of the United States is invoking an age-old, blood-soaked, anti-Jewish trope. And, ever the narcissist, Trump is also warning all American Jews that he will not protect them if they are disloyal to him.
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It was the word “disloyal” which got my attention. Because he always demands full loyalty and does more than threaten when he doesn’t get it. The only saving grace here is that he’s also a major blowhard, incapable and incompetent of actual leadership to act upon his impulses.
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I saw that the “Republican Jewish Coalition”
totally agrees with Trump, while helpfully reading Trump’s mind,
...arguing that the president was speaking about people being disloyal to themselves rather than to Israel.
Ooo-kay then.
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The RJC is right up there with Log Cabin Republicans. They each have their narrow view of what conservatism means in spite of all the evidence to the contrary. Every once in a while one of them quasi-defects after becoming “shocked” about something.
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Yes this is perfectly normal. Trump is the King of Israel now, the second coming of God in fact! Everything's fine. Today's early presidential tweet storm:
“Thank you to Wayne Allyn Root for the very nice words. “President Trump is the greatest President for Jews and for Israel in the history of the world, not just America, he is the best President for Israel in the history of the world...and the Jewish people in Israel love him....
...like he’s the King of Israel. They love him like he is the second coming of God...But American Jews don’t know him or like him. They don’t even know what they’re doing or saying anymore. It makes no sense! But that’s OK, if he keeps doing what he’s doing, he’s good for.....
.....all Jews, Blacks, Gays, everyone. And importantly, he’s good for everyone in America who wants a job.” Wow!
Root is a conservative radio host, apparently a fan.
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good comment
"Don't these traitorous Jews know that I am the King of Israel??"
"This is to set up "disloyal" Jews as Trump's next scapegoat. Same old playbook."
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Even Faux news is calling this just like the Germans did for Jews a few years ago...