First I'd like to make it clear that this isn't an article supporting Donald Trump as a person. I admit that he's certainly one of the least attractive and certainly one of the most problematic US Presidents ever elected. But Donald Trump was elected, because the Democrats put up a candidate, Hillary Clinton, with more faults and less charisma.
How Was Donald Trump Elected to the US Presidency?
How Was Donald Trump Elected to the US Presidency?
- Trump was legally, according to American Law
- Trump was nominated because now there's a primary system, rather than allowing the politicians to wheel and deal.
- Many Americans were completely turned off by Democratic policies and so-called "successes" of the Obama administration.
- Hillary Clinton insulted many voters.
- The Democratic Party has moved to the Extreme Left.
- Many Americans feel under attack by the Left/Democrats.
- Donald Trump made many Americans feel more confident in the future.
These are my observations from abroad. I've been living in Israel for almost half a century. In all honesty, I'm not only glad that we made the move right after our wedding, but I'm sure that if we hadn't done it then, we, too could have been sucked into American Jewish life.
As Israelis who've lived in Shiloh thirty-seven years, we had no problem seeing the growing antagonism from the United States. The anti-Israel policies that had formerly come mainly from the State Department, has now spread to almost all parts of America, academia, the Democratic Party, the media and hollywood. Please don't forget that Obama ended his presidency with a strong attack on Israel in the United Nations.
All we in Israel have left in "our camp" are some committed Jews, mostly Orthodox, but not all, middle America and the Evangelicals. Coincidently, they are the same Americans, on the whole, who voted for Donald Trump.
- They are the ones who just can't forget how Hillary Clinton as FLOTUS kissed Suha Arafat after a hateful, lie-filled anti-Israel speech.
- They are the ones who aren't overjoyed at the legality of same-sex marriage being legalized, one of the great accomplishments of the Obama administration.
- They are the ones who prefer to check the policies and platform of a presidential candidate, rather than the sex or race.
- They are the ones who don't want how-to sex education for young children.
- They are the ones whose children serve in the US Military and Police Forces.
- They are the ones who don't think that a person's sex can be changed by surgery and hormones.
- They are the ones who believe in absolute values and rules.
- They are the ones who fear that their country has been hijacked by radical extremists who not only rioted when they didn't like the 2016 Presidential Election results, but have made it difficult for others to voice opinions.
From my vantage point halfway around the world, I see the United States losing basic democratic values. The media and academia are preferring to voice and accept only one opinion.
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| My husband and I greeting US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center |
What do you think about my points?