Piri Katz, age 98, Nazi concentration camp survivor:
“For those who have never lost their freedom, they cannot appreciate what real freedom is—there is nothing more precious to a human being in this life than to have freedom. It breaks my heart when I see young people on college campuses desecrating the American flag, athletes refusing to stand for the national anthem or people refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance. I worry about the rise throughout the world of antisemitism & the BDS movement. It hurts me when people propagandize against the USA and disrespect our military, under whose blanket of freedom we are all protected each and every day.
I am forever grateful that we have President Donald Trump, who not only respects our military but is a true friend to the State of Israel. When I was in Dachau, I never would have dreamed that I would live to see the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel and that an American president would finally be moving the US Embassy to Israel’s eternal capital of Jerusalem.
To those who seek socialism, communism, or ideologies that seek to destroy our United States Constitution and the values that our country stands for, to them I say you should kiss the ground that you walk on in the United States of America, and if not, America is a free country, and you are free to leave.
Yet, to all of those who feel as I do that we are so blessed to live in this free country of the United States of America, where we have the opportunity to thrive, live in freedom, and pursue happiness, we owe you, my precious hero, and all of the United States military our eternal thanks.”