Sometime in the recent past, President Donald Trump spoke to a group of Jews, I think Republican Jews, and talked about "your prime minister". Now he says that American Jews who vote Democratic, which is most American Jews, are guilty of betrayal.
He is not actually accusing Jews of dual loyalty, which is an old anti-Semitic trope. He just assumes that all Jews are loyal to Israel. His casual assumption is really the equivalent of saying Jews cannot be real Americans, that in fact they do have dual loyalty. For him it is so obvious that there is no need for discussion or examination of his belief, as if this anti-Semitism is simply acknowledgement of fact. In other words, he is simply not aware that he is anti-Semitic, and that his belief is false and harmful.
And with his new pronouncement, he is saying that not only can American Jews not be real Americans, but that those who vote Democratic are also not real Jews. That is apparently because some Democrats question some of the policies and actions of the Israeli government, sadly with good reason. Some American Jews, and some Israeli Jews, also question the actions and policies of the current Israeli government, which only makes them opponents of certain Israeli politicians, and has no effect on their identities as citizens of their own countries. Only a fool would accept guidance on anything from Donald Trump, who is
the most poorly-informed president in history, and not even able to
understand the harm he is doing.
Fortunately, many American Jews have deeper understanding about, well, probably everything than Donald Trump. American Jews can make their own judgments about American politics and Israeli politics, and will, I expect, cover a range of beliefs about both.
