{"id":110940,"date":"2016-12-29T10:14:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T18:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=110940"},"modified":"2016-12-29T10:14:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T18:14:18","slug":"is-trump-pro-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=110940","title":{"rendered":"Is Trump Pro-Israel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think Donald Trump sees Jews and the Jewish state primarily in terms of what is good for him and his country. When Jews are useful, he uses them. When blacks are useful, he uses them. I don&#8217;t think Trump is sentimental about Jews or Israel. I expect Trump will act in his self-interest and I hope in America&#8217;s interest. <\/p>\n<p>Trump knows that he does not need all Jews on his side, he just needs to keep some powerful Jews on his side, and if that means siding with Israel at times, he&#8217;ll do that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think Donald Trump sees Jews and the Jewish state primarily in terms of what is good for him and his country. When Jews are useful, he uses them. When blacks are useful, he uses them. 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