Adelson Says the U.S. and Israel Have Two Years to Defeat a 'Common Enemy'

Miriam Adelson, the publisher of Israel Hayom and one of the Republican Party’s largest donors, used her opening remarks at the second Israel Hayom Summit, held Wednesday at the InterContinental hotel in Manhattan, to set a clock on the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. She described herself as “a proud Israeli” and “a proud American.” After noting elections in both countries, she said:

“Leaders and governments may change, but our alliance must remain strong. We have two years in this administration to create true change, to face and defeat our true common enemy. Together, that is our responsibility as Israelis and Americans.”

Israel Hayom, the newspaper she publishes, and Israel National News both reported the same passage. Both said the “two years” pointed to the time left in Trump’s term, which runs through January 2029. In the recorded remarks, and in those accounts, Adelson did not identify the “common enemy” and did not mention Iran.

OpenSecrets’ itemized list for the 2024 cycle shows she gave $106 million to Preserve America PAC, a super PAC that backed Trump. As this site previously reported in “The Epstein Four,” she also gave $750,000 to MAGA KY, a super PAC that helped unseat Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie in the 2026 Republican primary, according to Louisville Public Media’s review of federal filings.

Kacee Allen shared a clip of the remarks in a post on X at 2:44 p.m. EST on Wednesday. By early Thursday morning, the post had drawn 332,770 views.

Commentary: Kacee R. Allen

My reading of that speech is straightforward, even though she never said the name out loud. When a donor of this size talks about a “true common enemy” the United States and Israel must “face and defeat” in the two years left of this administration, she is talking about Israel’s enemies in the Middle East, first among them Iran.

I said as much in my post: “Her ‘common enemy’ isn’t America’s enemies. It’s Israel’s in the Middle East—especially Iran.” I also wrote, “She’s openly signaling they need to escalate or lock in whatever it takes against Iran while Trump is still in office.” That is my interpretation. Adelson did not name Iran, and the coverage from her newspaper and from Israel National News does not fill in that blank either. Other speakers at the same summit, including former U.S. envoy Jason Greenblatt and former Mossad director David Barnea, did discuss Iran, according to Israel Hayom. She left the target unnamed. The deadline, and the demand, were not.

This is why the remark matters. Adelson put more than $100 million into returning this president to office, and she has already spent heavily to punish a member of Congress who crossed that donor class in Kentucky. Now she is standing in New York, telling “Israelis and Americans” that they have two years “to create true change.” That is a megadonor setting a timeline for a U.S. administration.

I wrote in the same post: “This is a major donor appearing to issue marching orders, with the president looking like the puppet. This is the problem with our political system.” I stand by that. Leaders and governments may change, as she said. The question is whether the people who fund those governments are the ones actually writing the agenda.

One wording difference in my original post should be noted: I wrote “the US-Israel alliance” where she said “our alliance,” and I left off the closing words “as Israelis and Americans.” The rest of the quoted passage matches the recording.

Editor’s note: Updated the morning of Nov. 12, 2026, to lead with Adelson’s remarks and present Allen’s reading in a labeled commentary section; the web address is unchanged. The Network transcribed the video and checked the quotation against Israel Hayom, which she publishes, and Israel National News. Donor totals were checked against OpenSecrets and Louisville Public Media. The post’s metrics were confirmed from X as of about 6:15 a.m. EST on Thursday. Adelson did not name Iran or otherwise identify the “common enemy.” Allen’s reading is his opinion and is labeled as such. No interviews were conducted for this story.