Trump is stacking wins, voters reject Dems’ left turn and other commentary

GOP watch: Trump Is Stacking Wins

Republican “hand-wringing” over President Trump’s performance, character and temperament is overdone, asserts Ingrid Jacques at USA Today.

Trump’s “detractors on the right” need to take a deep breath and “consider what this president has accomplished.”

His “wins” surpass those of any “other Republican president in modern history.”

Defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting tops the list, with Trump making clear there is no “First Amendment requirement for the government (taxpayers) to fund any specific outlet.”

He’s also dismantling the Department of Education, a “behemoth” that’s done “nothing to improve education in the country.”

Finally, his judicial choices “sealed the court’s conservative majority for years to come,” making it foolish for anyone to say Trump’s been “bad news for the Republican Party.”

From the right: Voters Reject Dems’ Left Turn

A new I&I/TIPP poll shows “the Democratic Party’s attempt to ‘resist’ President Donald Trump is backfiring,” as “a plurality of American adults now believe the one-time party of the center has gone too far to the left,” reports Issues & Insights’ Terry Jones.

The poll found “more than one-in-five Democrats believe their party is too radical, sharply reducing the number of reliable votes for the party come election time.”

Also, “among Democrats, those who want to work with Trump (19%) plus those who want to work with him depending on the issue (37%) form a significant 56% majority, exceeding the still substantial share of the Dems who prefer to ‘resist’ Trump on all things (38%). So outright Trump rejectionism is a minority even within the Democratic Party.”

Antisemitism beat: Resist Anti-Israel Hate

“Silence” in the face of attacks on Israelis and surging antisemitism “has become all too familiar to American Jews” laments Yael Bar Tur at the City Journal.

And antisemites have gone even further, speaking out to “accept or even condone violence against Jews, Zionists, and the people of Israel.”

Indeed, for some New Yorkers, “anti-Israel sentiment has become a routine part of their social media feeds and conversations,” as they “dismiss” anti-Jewish attacks as part of “the cosmic struggle for justice.”

Yet others are unwilling to “normalize the Intifada.” Good: “New Yorkers shouldn’t be fooled by activists’ efforts to present the anti-Israel cause as mainstream.”

New Yorkers need to do what they do best: “Think for themselves and resist the pull of propaganda.”

Culture critic: Stephen Colbert’s Big Mistake

Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show won’t continue in any form,” cheers Joe Concha at the Washington Examiner.

The show often hosted liberal darlings like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Adam Schiff and Rachel Maddow. After its cancellation, many lefties “immediately cried foul and pointed the finger at Trump.”

“Here’s the actual story: The Late Show lost $40 million last year,” and “Colbert’s show is, by far, the most expensive to produce at CBS.”

He was able to ride the wave of Trump-hating to gain ratings success during the first term.

“But as Colbert found out by napalming Letterman’s legacy at CBS, making Trump the sole focus while inviting (tedious) Democrats on as featured guests was a recipe for disaster.”

“The only question is . . . who will be the next to fall?” “Here’s looking at you, Jimmy Kimmel.”

Mideast desk: Israeli Hack Attack

“The 12-day war between Israel and Iran featured an unprecedented cyber campaign against the Islamic Republic’s financial system,” observe Michael Doran and Zineb Riboua at The Wall Street Journal.

“Predatory Sparrow, a hacker group linked to the Israeli government, claimed credit for erasing Bank Sepah’s banking data and rendering its systems inoperable.”

“As panic spread, a run on all banks ensued.”

Tehran’s stock market crashed, and Iran’s private currency exchange was shut down.

“Israel’s success offers the Trump administration new tools for confronting the Iranian threat.”: Use economic sanctions and shift US cyber policy “from passive support to active partnership in offensive operations.”

“The more Washington and Jerusalem operate together in combat, the stronger their alliance grows.”

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board