There are moments when leadership is revealed not by policy alone, but by the willingness to name what is wrong.
This week, President Donald Trump did something that has been noticeably absent in parts of the conservative movement. He spoke plainly about antisemitism. Not on the left, where it is now openly celebrated. But on the right, where it has too often been excused, minimized, or waved away in the name of unity.
“I think we don’t need them. I think we don’t like them,” the president said of those who single out Jews for hate.
Those words matter.
For Modern-Day Esthers, clarity is not cruelty. It is courage.
President Trump grounded his statement not in abstraction, but in relationship. His daughter is Jewish. His grandchildren are Jewish. He spoke as a father and grandfather who understands that antisemitism is not theoretical. It targets real families. Real children. Real futures.
That personal clarity stands in contrast to a growing tendency among conservative leaders to avoid naming antisemitism when it appears on their own side. Vice President J.D. Vance has argued against what he calls “purity tests,” suggesting that conservatives have more important work to do than calling one another out. But Scripture reminds us that tolerating error does not preserve unity. It corrodes it.
The refusal to confront antisemitism does not make a movement stronger. It makes it vulnerable.
This is not a hypothetical concern. Influential voices on the right have flirted with ideas that demean Jews and undermine Israel. Podcaster Tucker Carlson has given airtime to figures who blur the line between provocation and outright Jew hatred. One of those figures, Nick Fuentes, has praised Hitler and trafficked in Holocaust revisionism.
When Christians hear Jews described as a “brain virus” or Israel framed as a corrupting force, alarms should sound. That language does not come from the heart of the Gospel. It echoes far older lies.
Some conservative institutions have rushed to defend these voices. Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, praised Carlson as a leader of America First while dismissing concerns as a coordinated attack. The result has not been strength, but fracture. Organizations built over decades can unravel quickly when moral clarity is traded for loyalty tests.
History teaches us this lesson again and again.
Antisemitism never stays contained. When tolerated, it spreads. It mutates. It eventually turns inward and consumes the movements that shelter it.
Esther understood this dynamic. She did not accuse the Persian court of many sins. She named the threat plainly. “An adversary and enemy, this wicked Haman.” Truth spoken at the right moment saved lives.
President Trump’s record on Israel has already demonstrated understanding through action. He moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. He supported Israel’s right to defend itself. He confronted Iran’s nuclear ambitions. What had been missing was a clear moral sentence spoken aloud.
That sentence has now been spoken.
For Christian Women For Israel, this moment is instructive. Supporting Israel does not mean excusing every voice that claims to stand on the same political side. Loving the Jewish people means refusing to allow hatred to hide behind irony, ideology, or political convenience.
Antisemitism on the left is loud and unapologetic. Antisemitism on the right is quieter, often cloaked in nationalism or pseudo-Christian language. Both are dangerous. Both must be confronted.
Esther did not wait for consensus. She acted when truth demanded it.
In a season when words are weighed and silence is often safer, President Trump chose clarity. That choice deserves recognition, not because it flatters a movement, but because it protects it.
For such a time as this, moral courage is still required.
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