"Of course her single friends are hurt. What are we? People with no feelings? Here when it’s convenient and to be ignored when it’s less so?"
“Of course her single friends are hurt. What are we? People with no feelings? Here when it’s convenient and to be ignored when it’s less so?”
I have been following the Inbox letters regarding the Trump presidency spawned by the excellent piece by Shoshana Friedman. Personally, I felt very validated by Mrs. Friedman’s breakdown on the two types of readers — the diehard Trump fans who would support him at all costs, and those who could appreciate the nuanced view that while he may have been incredible in many ways, he was horrible in others. I belong to the latter group, but often felt that I was the only one.
Having voted for Trump and fully expecting him to win, I was sorely disappointed with the outcome of the election. Like many of my fellow Jews, I feel that America has never had a president who has been such an oheiv Yisrael and done so much good for Jews. Despite his own personal moral failings, he stood proudly with conservative values and did not hesitate to thank G-d in public. He clearly seemed to be the choice for those who value life and religious values. How ironic it is then, that perhaps the thing that turned the tide for him was an act of G-d — namely, the pandemic.
About a month before the pandemic hit the US, we heard from President Trump at his State of the Union address. At that historic speech, he highlighted the tremendous advancements his administration had made in the economy, in education, in foreign policy, and in almost every area that mattered. The feeling was that almost all Americans could say they were better off now than they were before Trump. Of course there is no way to know with certainty, but I feel that if the election had been held right then, he would have won in a landslide (nasty tweets and all).
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