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CNN’s lone conservative commentator defended former President Donald Trump after he took a shot at the Jewish community Monday.

Speaking on conservative radio show host Hugh Hewitt’s program, Trump complained about not receiving 100 percent support from Jewish Americans. He issued the complaint after being asked whether Israel will ever fully “recover” from the Oct 7th. terror attack of 2023.

“I think Israel will recover, and maybe recover much stronger than the past,” Trump began. “I think what they’ve done with the pagers, I mean, the pagers, did you ever hear anything like that? But with the walkie-talkies and pagers and all of the different things, I mean, I think they’ve shown a level of warfare that’s been pretty amazing, whether you’re for them or not for them.”

“It’s been amazing. Israel would be good. I think that Israel has to do one thing. They have to get smart about Trump because they don’t back me. I did more for Israel than anybody. I did more for the Jewish people than anybody. And it’s not reciprocal, as they say, not reciprocal,” he added.

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Hewitt then cut in to defend the Jewish people.

“I think your numbers are rising with Jewish Americans,” he said. “They may not say it out loud, but I think they’re rising, Mr. President.”

But the former president still wasn’t satisfied.

“But we should have 100 percent, and I’ll never hit that, but we should have 100 percent,” he said.

The remarks prompted the usual backlash and outrage from the aggrieved left, but at least one person did come to Trump’s defense — CNN contributor Scott Jennings.

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“[Trump] firmly believes that the Democratic Party has been co-opted by and is influenced by people who fundamentally believe Israel is in the wrong and that somehow October the 7th was a justified attack,” Jenning began Tuesday on CNN.

“And, look, I mean, it makes me sick, honestly, when I turn on the television and I see people marching through the streets of major American cities and across college campuses carrying the Hezbollah flag, flying the Hamas colors, and going out ripping down the posters of people who’ve been taken hostage and are still being held hostage today,” he added.

“It makes me sick, because I think there’s a lot of Republicans — and Donald Trump included — think this is fundamentally a fight for the future of western civilization. He’s got strong views on it. I don’t think he ought to have to apologize for making a forceful case to Jewish Americans about why the Republican Party is better for them today,” he continued.

Well said.

Later Tuesday evening, Trump reiterated his support for Israel while at an event commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.

“As you know, Hamas has now been severely degraded, and Hezbollah has recently been dealt crippling blows,” he began. “With strength and the right leadership, the dawn of a new, more harmonious Middle East is finally within our reach.”

“So here is my commitment to you on this solemn date: I will not allow the Jewish state to be threatened with destruction. I will not allow another Holocaust of the Jewish people. I will not allow a jihad to be waged on America or our allies. And I will support Israel’s right to win its war on terror—and win it fast,” he added.

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