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Behind the Aegis

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Mon Nov 1, 2021, 11:31 PM Nov 2021

(Jewish Group) Trump: Until recently Israel 'literally owned Congress' -- and that was a good thing

Former President Donald Trump told a conservative Jewish radio host that Israel until recently “literally owned Congress,” a claim similar to those that have triggered accusations of antisemitism against other politicians.

The comments came during Trump’s Oct. 29 interview with Seattle-based talk show host Ari Hoffman as Trump was reviewing his Middle East policies, including the Abraham Accords, the normalization agreements between Israel and four Arab countries, and his pullout from the Iran nuclear deal.

Trump, as he discussed U.S. policy in the region, pivoted to what he believed was the “biggest change” he had seen recently.

“The biggest change I’ve seen in Congress is Israel literally owned Congress — you understand that. Ten years ago, 15 years ago, and it was so powerful, it was so powerful and today it’s almost the opposite,” Trump said.

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Hopefully, this will put to rest the idea that the former squatter-in-chief is not an anti-Semite. I don't give a shit that he "has family who are Jews." The man is an anti-Semitic POS!

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