Imagine if President George Bush, in his first news conference after the September 11 attacks, had blamed them on President Clinton, President Carter, and DEI. The country would have been outraged. Trump did exactly that by blaming President Obama, President Biden, and DEI for the horrific crash that occurred when a military helicopter crashed into a passenger jet last week over Washington, DC. At the time Trump made his comments, they were still pulling the bodies out of the Potomac River. When questioned about his DEI claim, Trump admitted that he had no proof, but it was common sense. That is pure nonsense.

On January 6, 2025, the certification of the election went off without a hitch, as opposed to what happened four years earlier. The common feeling is that what happened on January 6, 2021, was a one-off; it happened once and will never happen again. Their proof is that four years later, the system went back to normal.

Last week, I predicted that none of the Trumpians who you expect would disagree with the deal Israel made with Hamas would criticize Trump in the paper.  The closest we got to a comment was from Rabbi Schonfeld disagreeing with Trump’s assessment of this being a “great deal.” However, there was no admission by Rabbi Schonfeld that the deal happened because of Trump.

It did not take long for the United States to have its first mass-casualty attack. On January 1, in New Orleans, a Christian-born American citizen who was also a retired member of the military plowed a large vehicle into a crowd of revelers, killing 15. He had also put out some bombs on the street beforehand that, thankfully, did not detonate.

I’m sure that there is much discussion about the terms of the hostage deal. I just want to focus on one area: the prisoner exchange. Phase one is Hamas releasing 33 hostages.  Israel is set to release up to 1,904 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, including several serving multiple life sentences for deadly terror attacks and murder.