It is true, Donald Trump apologized to Pat Buchanan for his statements about Pat Buchanan. The apology occurred in 2011, following Trump's critical remarks about Buchanan made during a 1999 appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
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In that earlier interview, Trump had described Buchanan as anti-Semitic, anti-black, and having an admiration for Adolf Hitler, which he reiterated in the context of discussing Buchanan's potential as a presidential candidate.
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The reason for the apology was likely influenced by several factors. By 2011, Trump was increasingly aligning himself with the conservative movement, and his political ambitions were becoming more apparent.
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Criticizing Buchanan, a prominent figure in paleoconservatism and an early advocate of "America First" policies, could have been seen as counterproductive to Trump's evolving political strategy and his own potential run for President.
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However, despite using America First as a slogan, President Trump has squarely placed himself in the William F. Buckley and President Ronald Reagan camps. America First under President Trump does not mean America Only and he clearly believes in "Peace through Strength".
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Further, President Trump could not have been any clearer than he was at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference 2025 that occured this weekend:
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Rev. Johnnie Moore ن (@JohnnieM) posted at 0:56 AM on Sun, Nov 02, 2025:
Clear as a 🔔
“We are just getting started … I’m with you all the way”
— @POTUS to the Republican Jewish Coalition
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@JohnnieM @POTUS RJC (@RJC) posted at 0:28 AM on Sun, Nov 02, 2025:
The RJC is thrilled to welcome the 45th and 47th President of the United States back as we celebrate the 40 year of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
We have had no greater friend in the White House.
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@JohnnieM @POTUS @RJC @POTUS Donald J. Trump understands that America is the leader of the free world, and the United States, under his leadership, continues to deliver peace through strength. He is the most pro-Israel President in history, and
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@JohnnieM @POTUS @RJC a generational peacemaker who is transforming the world and Making America Great and Respected Again. RJCSummit
@JohnnieM @POTUS @RJC James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) posted at 9:19 AM on Tue, Nov 04, 2025:
Trump talking about Pat Buchanan back in the day with Jay Leno. Hilarious.
The "Buchanan Right" (Woke Right) really doesn't like Trump. Wonder why.
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@JohnnieM @POTUS @RJC @ConceptualJames PS: Kevin Roberts was recently angling for Buchanan to get the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump.
William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review whom Tucker Carlson named his son after and who is Vice President J.D. Vance's Deputy Secretary had a moral compass. He was instrumental in defining postwar American conservatism — and 1)
part of that meant drawing moral and intellectual boundaries. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Buckley explicitly rejected antisemitism and extremism, effectively pushing figures like the John Birch Society, neo-Nazis,
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and open antisemites out of the mainstream conservative movement.
In the 1950s -1960s, in his National Review, Buckley made it clear that antisemitism had no place in conservatism. In 1959, he wrote,
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Watch Off Air With Attorney Ron Chapman @RonChapmanAtty
"9/11: The Saudi Connection They Tried to Bury"
No, it was not dancing Israelis on 9/11. These people who carried out the 9/11 terrorist attacks hate America and Israel for our shared Western values.
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The official investigation into 9/11, conducted by the 9/11 Commission and detailed in the 2004 report identified 15 of the 19 hijackers as Saudi citizens and noted that Saudi Arabia was a primary source of private donations to al-Qaeda before 2001,
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America’s Greatest Generation and the Social Contract of Polite Society
The term “Greatest Generation,” popularized by journalist Tom Brokaw, refers to the those that came of age during the Great Depression and fought in World War II.
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Beyond their military valor, this generation was defined by a shared moral framework and an implicit social contract that shaped American society in the mid-20th century. This contract, unspoken yet widely understood, governed behavior, expectations, and
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the rhythms of daily life, particularly in the realm of what might be called “polite society.”
At its core, the social contract of the Greatest Generation was rooted in mutual obligation, civic responsibility, and an ethic of restraint.
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@netre25 wrote, "Hamas continues to play nasty games with Israel and our missing dead hostages, all of them murdered and buried by Palestinian Hamas.
The three bodies they handed over to the Red Cross last night were NOT Israelis.
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And why do they have to play this obscene dark game at night?
Why are they afraid of conducting this Palestinian subterfuge in the light of day?
What are they ashamed of?
And why do they refuse to hand over the longest held hostage, Hadar Goldin?
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After they murdered him so many years ago they know precisely where they buried him.
Make HADAR GOLDIN the prime example of Palestinian Hamas inhumanity.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "The story out of New York City reports how some Jewish and Christian leaders invited Mamdani to speak and appeared to endorse him for mayor.
Let’s take a look at that. What is really happening?
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These religious and communal leaders are assuming that Mamdani will win and become mayor. So, they are preparing by trying to appear that everything is OK, in the belief that they will be safer and experience fewer problems if Mamdani sees them in a good light, so to speak.
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Think back into history, how Jewish leaders in the ghettos and shtetls of Europe would bow and scrape and praise their local lord in the hope that they would not be treated badly.
Old habits die slowly — even when no longer as appropriate."
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