Just curious baker.
Why is the Rothschilds funding Soros notable, but Adelson, Singer, Marcus, Steinhardt etc funding and supporting Trump are not?
FDD was founded shortly after the September 11 attacks in 2001.[19] In the initial documents filed for tax-exempt status in Internal Revenue Service, the FDD stated its mission "was to provide education to enhance Israel's image in North America and the public's understanding of issues affecting Israeli-Arab relations".[20] Later documents described the mission as "to conduct research and provide education on international terrorism and related issues".[21]
On its website, FDD describes itself as a "a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)3 policy institute", with focus "on foreign policy and national security that combines policy research, democracy and counterterrorism education, strategic communications and investigative journalism in support of its mission to promote pluralism, defend democratic values and fight the ideologies that drive terrorism".[19]
FDD has been identified as part of the Israel lobby in the United States by several scholarly sources.[22][23][24] Sima Vaknin-Gil, Director General of Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs, had stated that the FDD works in conjunction with Israeli government, in particular the ministry she works for.[25] Later documents described the mission as "to conduct research and provide education on international terrorism and related issues".[26]
On 15 November 2019, FDD was officially registered as a lobby under Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.[3]
In 2018, AP reported that the United Arab Emirates has wired $2,500,000 to the FDD through Elliott Broidy and George Nader, to host a conference amidst Qatar diplomatic crisis about the country's role as a state-sponsor of terrorism.[31] FDD stated that it does not accept money from foreign governments, adding that "[a]s is our funding policy, we asked if his funding was connected to any foreign governments or if he had business contracts in the Gulf. He assured us that he did not".[31]
Adam Hanieh states that the FDD high-profile conference of 23 May 2017 was in line with UAE's policy at the time, which officially alleged that Qatar finances Islamist groups, adding that emails leaked shortly after show that UAE's Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba had a "cosy relationship" with the FDD, and had reviewed the remarks made by Robert Gates at the convention.[32]
For years, Syria has been a focus of FDD's research because of its alignment with Iran and support for organizations such as Hezbollah.[48]
In 2012, as the Arab Spring spread to Syria, FDD launched "The Syria Project" to support dissident efforts in removing the Assad regime.[49][third-party source needed] In that effort, FDD facilitated a Skype call between dissidents and U.S. journalists in 2012[50] and produced multiple studies and memos urging U.S. officials to act.[51]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Defense_of_Democracies