The article discusses the idea of the "wingnut theory of politics," which posits that public policy is made through a three-step process: taking over a wing of a major political party, taking over the party as a whole, and imposing a comprehensive platform on the country.

Israeli leaders are relieved by Trump's election, seeing decreased threats of U.N. resolutions and a nuclear Iran, yet American Jewish neoconservatives like Bill Kristol opposed Trump, causing rifts within the Jewish community.