The Second Coming of Donald Trump

A few years back, I had a high-tech boss who had one rule. He paid me well, lavished everyone with generous benefits, and was kind about days off and working from home. 

His one rule: Never distract me from my coding.  

He was a very passionate software developer, often working 100 hours a week on his product. Treating everyone nicely was his compensation for making sure everyone kept this one rule.  

Unfortunately, my direct supervisor was doing some very bad things. It got so bad I had no choice but to go to the boss to sort it out.  I felt justified in addressing these serious issues to the only person who could do something about them.  It didn’t matter if I was right or justified, I pulled him away from his coding. I broke the one rule he had. I was fired soon after.  

This is what we saw when incoming president Donald Trump forced us to surrender to Hamas 48 hours before he took office.  

Official American Policy 

Ever since America became the first nation to recognize Israel, only to abandon it throughout the 1948 War of Independence, American policy has been simple: 

We can have enough arms, aid, and diplomatic assistance to exist but never enough to endure. We must always be in a position of desperation for their weapons, their money, and their influence – even if that means surrender at the point of victory.  

• In 1956, we conquered the Sinai desert within days. Instead of calling us to congratulate an ally on its victory against a powerful Soviet-backed regime, President Eisenhower ordered us to surrender to Egypt after we won the war.  
• In 1973, we were 50 miles away from Cairo and half that distance from Damascus when the Americans told us to stop – and give up the Sinai five years later.  
• In 2025, we were ordered to hand over almost 2,000 prisoners while allowing Hamas to rebuild itself after an 18-month war that cost 2,000 Israeli lives.  

From Eisenhower to Nixon to Trump, American policy has been the same: We can fight. We can die. But we cannot win.  

For us, “USA” means Unauthorized to Succeed in Anything.  

If Donald Trump cannot do any better than his predecessors, no American president ever will. We are looking in the wrong direction for our salvation.   

The Israeli Victory 

What is this “victory” we are seeking? It’s the annihilation of “Palestine”—the complete elimination of the idea of a “Palestinian Nation”.  

On May 9, 1945, the day after the annihilation of Nazi Germany was complete, people formerly living under Nazi rule woke up to a new reality: 

• Some became Germans 
• Others woke up as Berliners 
• Some saw themselves as Christians 

But none identified as Nazis. The Nazi nation was extinct. This is what we want for “Palestine”.    

Victory for Israel is in crushing Hamas, Hezbollah, and Fatah so decisively that one morning every non-Jew in the Land of Israel will call himself an Arab, or a Muslim, or a Gazan, Lebanese, Jordanian, or Egyptian – but never a Palestinian.  

This victory of such overwhelming destruction to our enemies is like wiping out Amalek that God commands us to do and to remember every day. This victory is not something America can deliver – even under President Trump. It’s not something the world can deliver.  

There is only one Source to turn to for such a Divine salvation of the Jewish People.  

Hashem.  

He Was, He Is, He Will Be 

Hashem gave us such a victory under Joshua Bin Nun when He blessed Israel to annihilate the Canaanite nations living in the Land before we conquered it.(Yehoshua 1) Hashem gave us such a victory under Kings David and Solomon when we destroyed entire nations to expand our borders, secure the great Jewish Kingdom, and build our Beit Mikdash.  

It wasn’t statesmen or military leaders that commissioned these wars. It was prophets, Sages, and the Kohen Gadol seeking God’s blessing to do so.  

Hashem gave us victory in 1948, 1967, 1973, and in 2025 when we destroyed the armies of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Syria with so few casualties the heads of even the most optimistic IDF military planners are still spinning.  

God will grant us our victory.  

God will send us Mashiach.  

God will save our nation.  

God will exterminate any remnant or remembrance of Palestine, Amalek, and any nation whose only mission is to destroy us.  

Let Mr. Trump try to make America great again. He won’t do it for us. We should neither rely on him nor expect him to do it.  

Our job is to look upward for Hashem’s salvation. God, and only God, through His anointed Mashiach son of David, will make Israel great again! 

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David Ben Horin lives in Afula with his family, millions of sunflowers, and Matilda, our local camel. David‘s Israeli startup, 300 Marketing Solutions, is a lean marketing agency for startups and small businesses that creates and promotes SEO-optimized ROI-driven to the right audience on LinkedIn to make your business the star of the show.