Honestly, I did not wonder at the time "how many of the Best-and-Brightest who warned against Trump’s actions were closeting their own anti-Israel and anti-Jew biases at the time", I took it at face value for the at best anti-Israel, at worst anti-semetic cover that it was.. There were no reasonable, thoughtful arguments against that made sense, only dire predictions and "you're out of your league" screeching.
Honestly, I did not wonder at the time "how many of the Best-and-Brightest who warned against Trump’s actions were closeting their own anti-Israel and anti-Jew biases at the time", I took it at face value for the at best anti-Israel, at worst anti-semetic cover that it was.. There were no reasonable, thoughtful arguments against that made sense, only dire predictions and "you're out of your league" screeching.