Satmar officials correctted the initial report saying the rebbe met with Eric Trump and not with Donald Trump. The rebbe also reached out to philanthropist R' Rubin Schron a good friend of former president Trump asking that he intercede on a federal level to work around the gezeiras Hachinuch in New York.
Israel media report the meeting was arranged with the mayor of Kiryas Yoel at 10am this morning. The rebbe initially backed democrat Kathy Hochul for NYS governor over republican Lee Zeldin, for the promise to change the laws effecting the general hachinuch in NY. It's been 2 years since and there no changes. The rebbe is now working to elect Republicans and has reached out to Trump for federal government to get involved with the general hachinuch of NYS mandating curriculum in yeshivas.
-Update: Some reports Belaaz news said that the Rebbe met with the president's son Eric Trump and not with Donald Trump.
Today the Satmar Rebbe Rav Aaron Teitelbaum had a meeting with former president Donald Trump at Trump tower in New York City. The meeting was organized after the Trump campaign reached out seeing the large block vote of frum Jews in Brooklyn and Upstate including Monroe. Yiddish media reports the rebbe and other rabbonim are asking President Trump to see if the federal government can get involved in coming up with a plan to defeat the general Hachinuch in New York state.
Aside from limitations of federalism, the NY Education commissioner is independent of the governor. Only the NY legislature can overrule the Regents of University of New York. They are kind of like the Texas Railroad Commission that rules over the oil industry. No governor, certainly no president, will win. And oil can be interstate commerce, while education a power reserved to the states. Not even Congress can overrule the regents of NY.
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