How aid to Israel fell victim to the cult of Trump

David Rothkopf : GOP sacrificed conservative priorities on the altar of politics.

He says the GOP -led House voted down a proposed $17.6 billion in aid to Israel as a standalone measure.

The House Freedom Caucus , composed of hardcore MAGA-ites, opposed the aid because it wouldn’t be “paid for” by offsetting spending cuts, he says. The GOP ’s successful efforts to oust the presidents of Harvard and Penn were ostensibly about those institutions’ failure to combat antisemitism, he writes.

Of course, the political world is built on marriages of convenience, but those only work when both spouses can be counted on. Proverbs 11:14 teaches, “For lack of wise advisers a nation falls, but it is redeemed by an abundance of counsel.” Take an honest look at the extremists calling the shots in today ’s GOP . Do you really see wisdom there?.