J.D. took a swipe at the Israeli far right during his press conference on Thursday, arguing that it had no friends in the world except Trump, so it should trust him and shut up. Will that comment hurt him in 2028?
No. J.D. undoubtedly won some points with rabid Trump admirers–a large portion of the base–and with the America First purist wing of MAGA. He can afford to alienate Lindsey Graham, Nikki Haley, and the relatively small number of supporters of the Israeli exception to America First; most of them voted for Haley in 2024, anyway.