Trump Was Right: Schumer Really is a ‘Palestinian’

Chuck Schumer has a new book out about antisemitism, and in discussing it, the New York Post went straight for the jugular: “The only thing Chuck Schumer knows about antisemitism is how to spread it.” Ouch. The Post, however, has a point: “Since the Hamas attack on Israel two October[s] ago, Schumer — the senior senator from New York — has systematically ignored the rapid rise of Jew-hatred across America and obstructed any attempt to mitigate it.”

Indeed. But now Chuck, or more likely his ghostwriter, has bestowed upon us his wisdom about antisemitism, and the world is duly grateful. Chuck’s “Antisemitism in America: A Warning” is Amazon’s #1 bestseller in the Discrimination and Racism category, and is selling in healthy quantities. His book is getting a great deal of attention, which is understandable since Schumer is not only an accomplished grillmeister, but the senior senator from Sinister, uh, that is, from New York.

There is, however, a vastly better book on antisemitism that just happens to have come out on the same day that Schumer’s did, although it hasn’t gotten nearly the same attention that Schumer’s has. I know this because I wrote it, but as I am not nearly as accomplished a cheeseburger cook as Schumer is, and I’m not a made guy in the leftist political/media establishment, my own “Antisemitism: History and Myth” (which you, dear reader, can obtain here) is not enjoying brisk sales like Chuck’s.

Like virtually everything else, this is a spiritual test. Should I envy Chuck Schumer? Nope. All in all, I’d rather be the guy who wrote the book about which Dennis Prager said: “As the author of a book on antisemitism that has been in print for 40 years, it should mean something when I say that I do not believe a more important book on antisemitism has ever been written. What Robert Spencer has achieved in Antisemitism: History and Myth in terms of information and breadth of subjects is unparalleled.” And Rabbi Michael Barclay added: “Robert Spencer has written the definitive book on anti-Semitism for our time.” Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the courageous author and human rights activist, said: “Had we listened to Robert Spencer and taken heed twenty years ago or even ten years ago, the impact of the Islamists driven antisemitism would not have caught us by surprise. We would have had in place an institutional effort to counter it. Here is another opportunity to pay attention to his important work. Read this book!”

So yeah, Chuck Schumer and I are locked in mortal combat, and Chuck is certain to win: his book on antisemitism, with the full weight of the leftist establishment pushing it, is certain to do far better than mine. But that’s just fine, because writing a book that tells the truth and is recognized as quality work by people who are in a position to know is far, far more satisfying than making a ton of money on a cynical potboiler designed to capitalize on an issue that one has singularly failed to defend.

After all, Schumer’s ongoing efforts to subvert Israel remind us that Donald Trump was right when he said in mid-March that Schumer “is a Palestinian as far as I’m concerned. You know, he’s become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian.”

Trump has said this before. Back on Feb. 6, touting his Gaza plan, the president wrote on Truth Social: “The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting. The Palestinians, people like Chuck Schumer, would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region. They would actually have a chance to be happy, safe, and free.”

And back in June 2024, Trump observed that Israel had lost a good deal of support on the left, and added: “They don’t have the backing. Even Schumer, he’s become like a Palestinian. Chuck Schumer. Jewish. Always strong for Israel. He’s become like a Palestinian. It’s a very bad thing. It’s a very sad thing, and it’s a very dangerous thing.”

This came after Schumer turned against Israel as the Jewish state fought for its survival against the Hamas jihadis murdered 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, and would have murdered the rest of them if they had gotten the chance. Back in March 2024, Schumer said on the Senate floor: “As a lifelong supporter of Israel, it has become clear to me: The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after Oct. 7. The world has changed — radically — since then, and the Israeli people are being stifled right now by a governing vision that is stuck in the past.” He included a threat: “If Prime Minister Netanyahu’s current coalition remains in power after the war begins to wind down… then the United States will have no choice but to play a more active role in shaping Israeli policy.”

City Journal noted at that time that Schumer instructing Israel on their electoral politics was a demonstration of his “chutzpah, which connotes arrogance-laced presumption.” As Trump said during his meeting with Martin: “These people are sick. They don’t know what’s happening in the real world. The Democrats have to get their act together.” He was talking about his plan to lower taxes, but he could well have said the same thing about the “Palestinian” Schumer. The left has abandoned Israel in pursuit of Muslim votes, as was abundantly clear during the 2024 presidential campaign, particularly when Old Joe Biden sent $10 billion to the “Death to America”-chanting mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran in March 2024 to help them finance their jihad against Israel.

Schumer is indeed, in terms of his loyalties and the policies he advocates, more on the side of the Palestinian Arabs than of Israel. The left reacted to Trump’s words the way they always do, by accusing him of hatred, racism, and antisemitism, and as usual again, they ignored the actual point he was making. And that’s really all they can do.