Michael Goodwin: Democrats with Trump Derangement Syndrome are undercutting Israel

One way to look at the first six months of Donald Trump’s second term is that the wily president has managed to trick Democrats into fighting common sense and adopting bizarre and unpopular positions.Consider how he lured them into wildly protecting waste, fraud and abuse in the budget simply by having a plan to cut it.Then the president, by keeping a campaign promise, fooled his opponents into engaging in violent riots and trying to block his deportations of illegal immigrants, including those who had committed serious crimes here.And now comes Trump trick No.3, which is unfolding before our eyes.

Because the president’s support for Israel is ironclad in its war with Iran, those infected by Trump Derangement Syndrome are reflexively pulling away from the Jewish nation.Already there are signs that Dems and their media handmaidens are moving toward condemning Israel for daring to protect itself from Iranian aggression.The left’s budding resistance is camouflaged in squishy, both-sidesism mush.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries began by saying that “Iran should never be allowed to become nuclear capable,” but quickly called for “a reduction in hostilities.”“I’m hopeful that cooler heads will prevail in the Middle East and the situation is de-escalated,” Jeffries told MSNBC.Minnesota Gov.

Tim Walz, the doofus Dems thought was veep-ready, addressed the initial Israeli strike by bemoaning that America is no longer a “neutral arbitrator” and added: “Who is the voice in the world that can negotiate some type of agreement and hold the moral authority? It might be the Chinese.”His fellow Minnesotan, Rep.Ilhan Omar, chimed in with her usual antisemitic dog-whistles.“Israel knows America will do whatever they want and feels confident about their ability to get into war and have the American government back them up,” she posted.She also insisted Americans should be ready to “either see their tax dollars being spent on weapons supplies to ...