OPINION:
The casual comparison of President Trump to Adolf Hitler is not merely historically illiterate; it is also a moral insult to the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.
A genuine antisemite does not spend a lifetime cultivating the deep personal, professional and political bonds that Mr. Trump has built with the Jewish people.
This affinity began with his father, Fred Trump, who donated land for a local synagogue. It continued through Mr. Trump’s career, as he was mentored by Roy Cohn and surrounded by Jewish confidants.
Today, that inner circle is more prominent than ever. Mr. Trump’s administration features Jewish people such as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, whom the president entrusted with the most sensitive diplomatic missions in the Middle East.
At Mar-a-Lago in the 1990s, Mr. Trump pointedly opened his club to Jewish members when others in Palm Beach maintained exclusionary policies. It was an act of moral clarity recognized by the Anti-Defamation League’s Abe Foxman.
This commitment is echoed by the president’s most significant supporters, including Miriam Adelson, who has invested hundreds of millions of dollars into his vision, and major backers such as Stephen Schwarzman and Bernie Marcus.
The family dimension remains the most personal rebuttal. Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka is an Orthodox Jew raising the president’s Jewish grandchildren, while her husband, Jared Kushner, continues to serve as a vital envoy for peace.
Politically, by relocating the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, brokering the Abraham Accords and freezing the assets of those who fund terrorism, Mr. Trump has been a stalwart defender of the Jewish state.
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently affirmed: “No American president has ever done more for Israel.” Standing before the Israeli Knesset as the last living hostages were finally freed from the Gaza Strip, he was even more direct: “No American president has ever done more for Israel. It ain’t even close.”
From the man who led Israel through its darkest hours, that is not flattery. That is a verdict.
RICHARD ROMM
West Sussex, United Kingdom
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