Joel H. Cohen

“I first thought of picking a Russian…among our many, many friends there, starting with Vladi, but the fake media would eat me up alive. They’re already raking my friendships there over the coals.
 
“So I’m looking elsewhere,all over the world, and, trust me, I remembered —  I have so much information to remember, but I’m a very stable genius. So I remembered that people born in Israel are called sabers. Now that tells you something: if you’re named for a sword, you’re a born fighter, and that”s the sort of person we need.”

(When Jared said,”Respectfully, sir, I believe the Hebrew word for a native-born Israeli is ‘sabra’,” Trump  replied, “What’s your point?”)

It started, as it so often does, with a tweet:

“To my many many Jewish friends all over the world — an incredible people nobody loves more than I do. Certainly not Obama, or crooked Hillary. I want to wish them a wonderful new year….as they say in their exotic language, “Happy Rush HaLimbaugh: and Young Kippur.”

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Cheered by the media attention accorded his recent proposal to buy Greenland from Denmark, President Trump has now set his sights on the United States purchasing a city or landmark in Israel. His comment about wanting to purchase Greenland may have been offered in jest, but it was

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump would like the High Holy days and other Jewish religious holidays to be observed earlier in 2020 than in their usual season, and is taking steps to implement his idea. In a series of tweets just leaked, he gave two reasons for urging a change: to

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — It’s not widely known, but President Trump – very briefly yet seriously– considered converting to Judaism. It occurred recently when he felt the world was crashing in on him: people he’d considered extremely loyal were deserting him, even testifying against him; his constant denials of collusion and illegal