Trump says he is Israel’s best friend
US President Donald Trump aimed to make inroads Saturday in the politically important Jewish-American vote with a Florida speech where he declared himself the best friend Israel has ever had.
At a conference in Hollywood, Florida, the Republican real estate magnate said Jewish-Americans had been wrong to vote for Democrats under his predecessor Barack Obama. By contrast, Trump said, “the Jewish state has never had a better friend in the White House than your president, Donald J. Trump.”
Historically, American-Jews have voted heavily Democratic.
To win Jewish votes, Trump has has upended decades of American policy in the Middle East.
This includes recognizing the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and also recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a territory taken from Syria in 1967.
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