The 2024 presidential campaign has been a series of unprecedented events that have shown just how much one individual, who inspires devoted support and disproportionate criticism, can influence history.
According to JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin, former President Donald Trump’s narrow escape from an assassin’s bullet and President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance have set the stage for a remarkable fall election campaign.
Moreover, Trump’s transformation of the Republicans to a party that is more interested in the concerns of working-class Americans is matched only by the Democrats’ embrace of those of the credentialed elites.
He’s joined by presidential historian Tevi Troy, author of the forthcoming new book, The Power and the Money, the Epic Clashes Between Commanders-in-Chief and Titans of Industry, who discussed the various precedents in American history for recent events.
Troy also noted the emphasis among Democrats on the unhappiness of voters who hate Israel about Biden’s insufficient hostility to the Jewish state’s war on Hamas. According to Troy, “We forget that in the midst of the tumultuous pro-Hamas riots that we’re seeing on college campuses, the average American is pro-Israel because they’re pro-civilization against barbarism. And I think we really shouldn’t lose sight of that.”
In spite of the shock, liberal Jews are feeling about the surge in left-wing antisemitism, Troy also thinks the Jewish vote will still go heavily for Biden this fall. But he predicted that the growth of the Orthodox community may change that in future elections.
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