* Why did Trump speak at AIPAC? Trump does not pander. But he knows everyone will be watching what HE said at AIPAC. And they are. If he used the word “Palestinian”, everyone will talk about his “mistake” and talk about him. If he said he read the Iran deal, they may laugh, but it gets reported. He gets reported. If he is boring, they will say he showed maturity. That is why Trump spoke at AIPAC. I doubt Trump cares too much about the Middle East (which is a good thing). But this guy keeps getting free press, more free press, more attention and after he does, everyone says: why did he do that? What was the purpose? Every time.
* The centers of power in America are what they are and Trump has to confront them and pick his battles, he can’t fight on every front and expect to win.
Right, and he needed to demonstrate that he is capable of giving a normal, diplomatic political speech calibrated to his audience, as any leader must do.
I know it is a controversial topic in these parts, but the majority of Americans are favorably disposed toward Israel.
Thus, AIPAC was a reasonable place for Trump to show that he is not as far outside the mainstream as the media et al. are claiming.
This speech may have been the start of an effort to look more statesmanlike. Perhaps there would have been a better venue if the need had arisen at a different time, but Trump needed to do this now, and AIPAC was a high-profile opportunity at the right moment.
* Trump is a friend to Israel. Surely even the most Jew obsessed David Duke weirdo already knew that. He obviously does not believe in Nazism or elders of zion or KMac type theories. How anyone could convince themselves otherwise, I will never understand.
Yet it is also clearly true that Trump is the only candidate who will prioritise the interests of the American people. And it is that fact that should mean that all Americans, from David Duke to Louis Farrakhan to Bill Clinton himself should support him.
Now prioritising Americans does not preclude giving a nice, tidy speech to Israel to make them happy, feel loved and show that America will not let them all be murdered in their beds…
