I heard a rabbi compare Trump's pronouncement that the US embassy should be moved to Jerusalem to King Coresh's permission for the Jews to build the Beis Hamikdash, as documented in Sefer Ezra:
וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר ה' מִפִּי יִרְמְיָה הֵעִיר ה' אֶת רוּחַ כֹּרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס וַיַּעֲבֶר קוֹל בְּכָל מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם בְּמִכְתָּב לֵאמֹר. כֹּה אָמַר כֹּרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס. כֹּל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִי ה' אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם וְהוּא פָקַד עָלַי לִבְנוֹת לוֹ בַיִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּיהוּדָה. מִי בָכֶם מִכָּל עַמּוֹ יְהִי אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיַעַל לִירוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר בִּיהוּדָה וְיִבֶן אֶת בֵּית ה' אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִָם. וְכָל הַנִּשְׁאָר מִכָּל הַמְּקֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר הוּא גָר שָׁם יְנַשְּׂאוּהוּ אַנְשֵׁי מְקֹמוֹ בְּכֶסֶף וּבְזָהָב וּבִרְכוּשׁ וּבִבְהֵמָה עִם הַנְּדָבָה לְבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִָם. [עזרא פרק א]
When I hear such things it makes me wonder how seemingly intelligent people say the STUPIDEST things. Comparing the US embassy to the Beis Hamikdash??
I am fond of Einstein's quote: "Two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity. And I am not sure about the universe".
Another good one from Martin Luther King Jr.:
That being said I find it remarkable that the President of the United States is so openly pro-Israel despite the torrential attacks on him from all over and that he surrounds himself with openly pro-Israel Orthodox Jews. It is unprecedented in US history. This doesn't mean that Trump is a paragon of virtue. His faults are quite evident. But it does mean that the Jewish people have a huge supporter in the White House.
For that, we thank Hashem and [li-havdil], His messenger, the President. To contrast - Our previous President's middle name was Hussein. He himself remarked that his parents didn't assume he would become president when they gave him that name. I am not a maivin in politics but just about every pro-Israel person I have heard or read, feels that he was no friend of Israel. [I know that there are people out there who disagree]. Be that as it may - we are grateful for a President who is unabashedly our friend, supporter and [one of my favorite words], ally.
