WASHINGTON – During Thursday’s press briefing, Mishpacha magazine’s White House correspondent Jake Turx posed a striking question to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt — asking whether President Trump has discussed plans to rebuild the Bais Hamikdash, or Holy Temple, in Jerusalem.
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Leavitt responded, “No, it has not.”
Turx, known for mixing humor and sarcasm into his questions, added that “the President will go down as the greatest builder of this era,” referring to Trump’s plans for the new White House ballroom unveiled earlier this week.
The exchange quickly drew attention online, with many noting the unusual nature of a reporter bringing up the rebuilding of the ancient Temple — a deeply symbolic subject in Jewish faith — during a White House press briefing.
what a chilul hashem infront of everyone
she put him in his place
Obviously Turx knows that Beis Hamikdash will be rebuilt by Am Yisroel and der Eibeshter. Turx obviously knows that Beis Hamikdash won’t be rebuilt by Trump.
It looks like Turx was just being an idiot antitrumper. But it wasn’t enough for him to make himself look stupid; he had to make all of us look stupid.
It was a stupid question and a waste of an opportunity to ask a serious one. He should be replaced
Nut case
I really hope this is an AI fake. Turx couldn’t be THAT much of an idiot, could he?
Oy yoy yoy. I think that is the only response to this question. Oy yoy yoy..
Unbelievably stupid
Stupid comment! Stop wasting peoples time
imbecile pulitzer prize winner
Don’t usually agree with Turx, but here I will give a pass. If Jews watching are now forced to be educated about the Beis Hamikdosh, and if the goyim like Mamdani learn about the Beis Hamikdosh, and the special place Jlem holds in our reality…its good.
G-d is building the 3rd beis hamikdash so it will be eternal, but looks like current events with Trump etc are somehow leading up to that happening. Look up Rabbi Reuven Wolf on YouTube for more on that.
However, maybe Trump can help build the palace for King Moshiach to live in. Look up Armom.com, it’s actually in the works already.
LOL! Mamash shoiel keinyan!
Nice Trump let Turx back in after his press room fall out during his 1st term and he can still ask silly Qs.
They all love Turx. He brings some Lightheartedness and humor to the room. He shows that under Trump we can all be happy and humoristic.
It wasn’t funny in the slightest.
google “Trump third Temple” to find a large belief, or at least hope, among the evangelicals of exactly that sentiment. Besides that, once an idea gets attention -no matter how far fetched it may seem at first- can snowball into a mainstream opinion. The more the Gentiles demand that we be given the go ahead to rebuild the Bet haMikdosh, the easier it gets to actually happen. To those who state without a source in chazal that humans play no role in rebuilding the Bet haMikdash, the reply to them is… LOOK IT UP!
Everyone should chill a bit!! Nothing wrong with his cute comment! Humor is what keeps us going in these crazy and hard times!!!!
Mishpacha magazine needs to take a second look at this ‘reporter” who clearly made a chillul Hashem with his question. He is an embarrassment.
Yich
כֹּה אָמַר יְ-הוָה לִמְשִׁיחוֹ לְכוֹרֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱזַקְתִּי בִימִינוֹ לְרַד לְפָנָיו גּוֹיִם וּמָתְנֵי מְלָכִים אֲפַתֵּחַ לִפְתֹּחַ לְפָנָיו דְּלָתַיִם וּשְׁעָרִים לֹא יִסָּגֵרוּ.
he and reb ezra friedlander are the best representatives of the frum
Lot of people here seemed to be wound up extra tight today. It was a lighthearted moment and you can tell the press secretary found it amusing which was the reporters intention.
This wasn’t anti-Trump as someone below suggested incorrectly.
Also, of course the next Beis Hamikdash will be built by the Eibishter, but we don’t know who his shliach will be. Check the history books on who allowed the 2nd Beis Hamikdash to be built. It was an appointed shliach, but from a country that at the time, very recently wanted to eradicate all Jews. We don’t know how or whom, only pray that it will happen soon.
Turx
Shame on you
In every way
Something to consider:
Our enemies are constantly claiming that we have no history in Eretz Yisrael. Among other things, they lay claim to the Har Habayis.
Well, now as a result of this exchange, some people are going to look up what this is about, and discover that in fact it’s ours, going back to Dovid Hamelech. And some of them may in turn realize that the same applies to the rest of the Land, and that in fact the Arabs there are usurpers. Is this not a good thing?
At least we have a press secretary that knows had a dress tzniusdik and with class. Unlike Biden’s two press secretaries that dressed so the opposite, especially the second one, KJP. No shame whatsoever.
Stam idiotic
Nice, this question may put Beis Hamikdash the Holy temple on President’s Trump agenda
Includes rebuilding the Holy Temple in Jerusalem of the Temple Mount. Present with the proper PR to the right people and this could become a mainstream opinion. The entire former Soviet Union was brought down by a wild comment from a druk called Boris Yeltzin at the right time at the right place. Out of the Blue he said to the Russian Congress “Let’s entirely dismantle the Soviet Union”. At first they were all silent in shock. then they erupted into thunderous applause . And agreed . And the rest is history
see meam Loez end of Vayishlach and etc. The Melech Edom named Magdiel will bring gifts to Maschiach. Google searching the combined words “Magdiel” and “Trump” gave fascinating posts
Noticed many times that the more there are smug comments and thumbs down about something (a story or an opinion, etc.) posted on VIN, the more likely that thing is actually true and correct….
I was very upset by this “story” but if you listen to Mr. Turx’s full exchange with the Press Secretary it doesn’t sound that bad.
some of these comments are so strange! Any negative comment is Lashon Hara! I gues no one’s scared of gihinom!
Brings building of bet hamikdosh out into the public consciousness. And judging from her reply , the idea was respected.
When I hear that a ehrliche rov is being touted by a Christian when the rov claims esau will work and clean for yaakov – this is gold…
WHY – please – why are we feeding things to the goy? We have no issue with the truth but in galus (Rav Ovadia Y mentioned it once) we need to take ourselves.
EVERY shiur is accessible by any goy and translated by our own possibly.
Can anyone please provide the right to be misgare and cause us harm?
At least there is something that can distract us from talking about Momdani 24/7
All you naysayers are mistaken. This was NOT a joke. The Beis Hamikdosh will be initiated by human hands. And it makes sense that Trump, who is a gilgul of Marcus Aurelius, the adopted son of Hadrian, will initiate the process. Bookmark your ignorant chiding here, as we will see this happen in our lifetime and you will eat your foolish words. (Now all you sheep go ahead and downvote me).
Im laughing! I think he’s very funny!
Many Trumpists believe that Trump is Moshiach. Therefore the question makes sense. Looks like Trump’s press secretary didn’t know that Trump is Moshiach