Trump’s “disloyalty” argument runs something like this:
- Proper American Jews are loyal to Israel as well as their own country;
- That means giving active support to the Israeli government of the day;
- Trump is close to the current government, while some Democrats are extremely critical of it; therefore
- A good American Jew is obligated to support both Netanyahu and Trump.
#1 accepts the old and dangerous trope about Jewish dual loyalty, but turns it on its head, and makes it a virtue rather than a vice. #2 is logically false; if that’s the standard, then the majority of my countrymen aren’t real Americans. #3 is unquestionably true. The conclusion fails because #1 and #2 are false.
The identification of Israel with white nationalist America is, of course, going to be hugely damaging to the Israelis in the long run. Who is to blame? Both Trump and Netanyahu, but mostly the latter, because he has been at it longer.