Hakoras Hatov For Trump, The Media Wont Show It

The last act in office, president Trump pardoned and commuted the sentences of 143 individuals among them were members across the spectrum of the frum and Jewish community Chasidish, litvish, MO to sefardi. The frum orthodox community is very thankful for the last 4 years, but you would not see any mention of that in some of the mainstream frum orthodox media. Not only did they not thank and show hakoras hatov for one of the chasidei omos haolam but they attacked him. 

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A Ami Magazine poll this October found that a whopping 83 percent of Orthodox Jews support and said they will vote for Trump. You would think that the frum news media would at least acknowledge the past 4 years under president Trump. His accomplishments for the country as a whole and in particular for the Jewish community both in the US and Israel. His administration's policies on religious freedom, advancing conservative values, the Iran deal, Yerushalayim embassy, prison reform, Rubashkin, his economic and school choice policies. 

It was Just a few months ago 13 prominent Roshei yeshiva and Admorim penned a letter to president Trump expressing heartfelt gratitude for his leadership. They wrote “we feel so grateful that you, Mr. President, are indeed expressing that leadership we need so urgently, standing up for the first amendment rights which is critical to help us weather to  storm of the current pandemic. “You have exemplified that leadership with your commitment to the essential importance of religious entities. You understand Mr. President, that it is our faith in God that will lift us out of this calamity."

The events at the capitol was an opportunity the left and the media used to blame Trump and give him that knockout punch they craved since his ascension to the presidency down the escalator. When it comes to the fake news media we think of it as the secular corrupt mainstream media who are biased, bought off and an extended arm of the DNC. You would not expect the frum news media to act the same to be so out of touch with the readership and the majority of klal yisrael. What happened to the values of hakoras hatov? Moshe rabeinu could not initiate the plague of Blood because the Nile river protected him when he was thrown into it as an infant. That is hakoras hatov. 

 Unfortunately the charedi American press too jumped on the insurrection bandwagon and instead wrote editorials attacking the outgoing president, trying to distance themselves from him and self apologetic articles for how they covered him over the term of his presidency and for the "hero worship" among frum Jews. In response, some readers have cancelled subscriptions in protest of what these editors did. If it was so hard for them to thank and show gratitude for the frum community, the least they could have done was keep quiet, but for some reason they feel that their objective view is smarter than the 83% who voted for trump.

Make no mistake the frum papers and editors did not suddenly turn on Trump only because of the capitol events, they never liked him but now they had an opportunity to unleash their real views. The people see right through it. 

By: Makir Tov