This is the Forward’s coverage of U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Fast Forward Hoping To Postpone Jail, Cohen Says He Found 14 Million More Files On Trump
The attorney for former Donald Trump aide Michael Cohen claimed in a statement Thursday that Cohen had obtained a hard drive with 14 million files of potential interest to Congressional investigators looking into the Trump’s affairs. The claim comes less than a month before Cohen is required to report to federal prison, where he is…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Was The ‘Senior White House Official 1’ Denied Security Clearance
Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law, was the official whose security clearance was denied last year, The Washington Post reported. He was listed as “Senior White House Official 1” in recently released documents, according to people with insight on the matter. Tricia Newbold, of the White House’s personnel security office, gave…
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Fast Forward Trump, Kushner Consult With Dershowitz On Israeli-Palestinian Issues
Alan Dershowitz told the Daily Beast Tuesday that he had consulted with top Trump Administration officials, including Jared Kushner and President Trump himself, about relations with Israel, and relations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. He said that he had argued to administration officials that the U.S. should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, as…
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Fast Forward Trump: Watch Your Back Bibi, I’m Coming For Your Job
President Trump said on Tuesday that the United States is doing just fine — so perhaps he could run for prime minister of Israel. At the National Republican Congressional Committee annual spring dinner, Trump spoke about supporting Israel’s security and recognizing the Golan Heights as part of the country. “To support Israel’s security, just last week…
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The Schmooze Monica Lewinsky Would Have Liked Starr Report To Be Treated Like The Mueller Report
Monica Lewinsky. She’s a household name. She’s associated, in most people’s minds, with graphic sex acts and humiliation. Imagine a world in which you don’t know the name Monica Lewinsky. And now, imagine how good that would feel for Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky, whose relationship with then-President Bill Clinton as a 20-year-old White House intern led…
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Fast Forward Trump Says It’s Time For US To Recognize Israel’s Control Of Golan Heights In Tweet
Donald Trump tweeted that the U.S. should officially recognize Israeli control of the occupied Golan Heights, a region once part of Syria that has Israel has claimed as its own since 1981. After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical…
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Fast Forward Even Evangelical Christians Think Trump Shouldn’t Sign Bibles
Most American Christians thought it was inappropriate for President Trump to sign the cover of a bible, as he did in early March, according to a Morning Consult poll, reports Religion News Service. According to the poll, 65% of Christians in the U.S., and 64% of Americans, think it was inappropriate to sign the bibles….
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Books New Book ‘Kushner, Inc’ Makes Wild Claims — But The Wildest Thing Is Reading About Javanka At All
A new book, “Kushner, Inc” by journalist Vicky Ward, calls itself “the first explosive book about Javanka and their infamous rise to power.” The gleaming hardcover, bearing the words “Greed. Ambition. Corruption.” promises to “dig [sic] beneath the myth the couple has created.” This is a case of beautifully coiffed snake eats tail — digging…
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