https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/08/10/israel-deserves-a-better-friend-than-president-trump/
Whether he likes it or not, Foxman still finds himself someone to
whom American Jews turn to ask the age-old Jewish question: who and what
is “good for the Jews?”
Presidential elections inevitably spawn this question, and this one
is no exception. Asked whether it is President Trump or former Vice
President Joe Biden whom American Jews should support, Foxman misses
even fewer beats than usual. “I have always been asked before every
election: who is better for Israel and the Jews?” Foxman says. “And my
answer is always the same: Israel and the Jews need a strong, stable,
credible and caring America. So vote for the candidate that will secure
such an America.” No longer encumbered by the need for discretion that
comes with running a major nonprofit organization, Foxman says aloud
what other Jewish leaders cannot. “There is no question in my mind,” he
continues, “that the answer this time to all those concerns is Joe
Biden.”
Foxman rightly observes that Jewish communities around the world are
served well by an America that is democratic, respected and even feared,
and served ill by an America that has lost its way and looks weak.
Trump, himself a weakling, has turned America into one as well, the
object of international derision. Beholden to Vladimir Putin and afraid
to confront him, even when it comes to the subversion of American
elections, Trump has made America not great but pitiable. Instead of
pressing China when COVID-19 emerged, he gushed about it. His
ring-kissing of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un hasn’t been merely
embarrassing. It has been pathetic.
