{"id":304725,"date":"2025-03-08T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=304725"},"modified":"2025-03-10T08:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T08:09:44","slug":"trumps-demand-to-ban-masks-at-protests-echoes-adls-demand-just-one-day-prior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=304725","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Demand to Ban Masks at Protests Echoes ADL&#8217;s Demand Just One Day Prior"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chris Menahan \u2013 Information Liberation March 5, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Is the Trump administration now working with the Anti-Defamation League?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=64865\">President Trump&#8217;s demand on Tuesday to ban masks at &#8220;illegal&#8221; anti-Israel protests<\/a> came just one day after Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt issued the same demand at the ADL&#8217;s &#8220;Never is Now&#8221; conference.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jonathan Greenblatt explained on Monday how the ADL is behind the push to outlaw wearing masks at anti-Israel protests.<\/p>\n<p>Trump echoed Greenblatt&#8217;s demands on Tuesday in his statement threatening to &#8220;imprison&#8221; anti-Israel protesters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NO MASKS!&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Was this coordinated? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/clkyzYKLdf\">pic.twitter.com\/clkyzYKLdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1897285625264361748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elise Stefanik, Trump&#8217;s UN Ambassador, spoke at the ADL&#8217;s conference on Monday and heaped praise on Jonathan Greenblatt for his &#8220;tremendous leadership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elise Stefanik, Trump&#8217;s pick for UN Ambassador, hugs and heaps praise on ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt for his &#8220;tremendous leadership on combatting anti-Semitism.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ItqYeFweJ5\">pic.twitter.com\/ItqYeFweJ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1896952946962911643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stefanik was ready to share Trump&#8217;s statement announcing the &#8220;illegal protest&#8221; crackdown mere seconds after it was posted as you can tell from the low &#8220;likes&#8221; counter on his Truth Social post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stefanik-trump-illegal-protests-masks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-304727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stefanik-trump-illegal-protests-masks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"828\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stefanik-trump-illegal-protests-masks.png 678w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stefanik-trump-illegal-protests-masks-480x586.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 678px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=64737\">Greenblatt celebrated Trump picking Stefanik for UN Ambassador in Nov 2024 and said, &#8220;I&#8217;m excited to work with her.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mazel Tov to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliseStefanik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EliseStefanik<\/a> on her nomination to be the next US Ambassador to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UN<\/a>. Rep. Stefanik has been a critical partner and absolutely fearless in fighting campus antisemitism. I\u2019m excited to work with her to combat anti-Jewish hate &amp; anti-Israel bias on the world stage. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RexQKwWqTd\">https:\/\/t.co\/RexQKwWqTd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGreenblattADL\/status\/1856078458666803493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=62011\">Greenblatt successfully lobbied for President Trump to get banned off all social media<\/a> in the wake of Jan 6th.<\/p>\n<p>He also blamed Trump for a torrent of over 2,000 bomb threats called into Jewish community centers in early 2017. Greenblatt expressed outrage after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=56467\">Trump said at the time that the calls were probably a false flag to &#8220;make people look bad.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ADL used the threats to harangue Trump for &#8220;emboldening anti-Semites&#8221; and legislation was passed as a result of lobbying from the ADL to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=64677\">increase funding and security grants to Jewish groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(You can see more on how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=64737\">Mossad was likely behind the threats in my article here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Jewish Insider reported on Wednesday that the ADL &#8220;welcomed&#8221; Trump&#8217;s threat to jail people for taking part in &#8220;illegal protests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2025\/03\/trump-universities-illegal-protests-antisemitism-campus-federal-funding\/\">Jewish Insider<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">While mainstream Jewish organizations largely declined to weigh in on Trump&#8217;s campus crackdown, the Anti-Defamation League cautiously welcomed Trump&#8217;s statement for drawing attention to the environment for Jewish college students, while underscoring that any penalties need to be lawful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The group &#8220;welcome[s] attention and action to combat antisemitism on campus, and urge[s] that any action taken addresses the problem directly and is constructive, helping to rebuild a welcoming environment for Jewish students on campus,&#8221; Todd Gutnick, an ADL spokesperson, told JI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;Of course, it is crucial that consequences must be lawful, preserve constitutionally protected free speech and be enforced in ways that are consistent with due process,&#8221; Gutnick said.<\/p>\n<p>Note: they&#8217;re effectively using Trump as their attack dog while they feign support for due process (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=64419\">which they&#8217;ve demonstrated time<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=63763\">time again they couldn&#8217;t care less about<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/greenblatt-national-guard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-304728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/greenblatt-national-guard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/greenblatt-national-guard.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/greenblatt-national-guard-480x266.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It was reported in January that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/adl-teams-with-trump-friendly-lobbyists\/\">the ADL had hired &#8220;the most powerful lobbyist in Trump&#8217;s Washington&#8221; to try and get close to new administration.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I reported last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=64858\">Greenblatt got on the Trump Train in response to Trump&#8217;s executive order cracking down on anti-Semitism.<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt is on the Trump Train now.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s thrilled about Trump&#8217;s &#8220;incredibly important&#8221; executive order cracking down on free speech to fight anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if he&#8217;ll throw out a pro-Trump &#8220;salute&#8221; at his next conference?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uevpZhrMox\">pic.twitter.com\/uevpZhrMox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1894723034763735519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Greenblatt opened his Never is Now conference on Monday by heaping praise on the Trump administration for all the measures they&#8217;ve taken to crackdown on &#8220;anti-Semitism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt praises the Trump administration&#8217;s crackdown on anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regardless of who you voted for this is something we can all celebrate and support.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tJGW15eYgs\">pic.twitter.com\/tJGW15eYgs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1896920696250601505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was remarkable how Greenblatt simultaneously played the victim while issuing mafia-style threats to his political enemies.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ADL CEO Jon Greenblatt: &#8220;How many of our synagogues and JCCs now have bulletproof glass, metal detectors and armed security? Let me ask you, do the churches in your town&#8230;have to take these precautions?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m willing to bet not a single one!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ADL worked in the past to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C1pWDf7eEo\">pic.twitter.com\/C1pWDf7eEo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1896929630885450204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt: &#8220;We are finding new ways to harness our power&#8230; We can punch back and believe me, we will.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RpBjdCJvp9\">pic.twitter.com\/RpBjdCJvp9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1896935553322643736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt says the ADL works with law enforcement to &#8220;stop&#8221; protests in America from happening.<\/p>\n<p>He also boasts about how at the drop of a hat he can meet with officials like the Dutch PM &#8220;in his residence&#8221; and tell him what to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oG7g2xKCa0\">pic.twitter.com\/oG7g2xKCa0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1896938698106978733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt boasts that he got a group of &#8220;anti-Israel therapists&#8221; banned from Facebook for making a list of &#8220;Zionist&#8221; therapists.<\/p>\n<p>He says the ADL pushed Illinois state regulators to strip the therapists of their licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Says his goal was to send &#8220;a message.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eh6ZVXeO9o\">pic.twitter.com\/eh6ZVXeO9o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1896943718373986756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt boasts his domestic intelligence operation &#8220;provided more than 2,700 assists to law enforcement&#8221; last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3LgOwXJGvW\">pic.twitter.com\/3LgOwXJGvW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1896948750914056364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As noted above, Stefanik spoke at the event and was effusive in her praise for Greenblatt and the ADL.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ADL&#8217;s work helping expose the rot on higher ed campuses has been invaluable to [the Trump administration&#8217;s] efforts&#8221; to crackdown on anti-Semitism, Stefanik said.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elise Stefanik runs down everything the Trump administration is doing to shut down criticism of Israel, from civil rights investigations to threatening deportations and more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ADL&#8217;s work helping expose the rot on higher ed campuses has been invaluable to these efforts.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LwYhe8NBh2\">pic.twitter.com\/LwYhe8NBh2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1896956076463186089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After getting copious applause at the ADL&#8217;s latest conference for detailing everything she and Trump are doing for Israel, Elise Stefanik briefly gave homage to Trump by repeating his line that Oct 7 &#8220;would never have happened&#8221; if he was president.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd loudly booed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/umRpuhb2v4\">pic.twitter.com\/umRpuhb2v4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Menahan \uf1fa\uf1f8 (@infolibnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infolibnews\/status\/1896958715196260495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Whether or not the Trump administration is working directly with the ADL, they&#8217;re clearly doing their bidding.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=64866\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chirs Menahan wonders if the Trump administration is following instructions from the ADL?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":304726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=304725"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304747,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304725\/revisions\/304747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/304726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=304725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=304725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=304725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}