Thanks for this. Just watched it since I had some time. I must say Coleman makes some solid points.
I'm still not convinced Israel and the Israeli lobby influence on American politics is as anodyne as he makes it out to be but he's certainly made me think about maybe we're overestimating it a bit. Personally, I think Glenn could have emphasised a bit more that while yes the Israeli lobby is another typical lobby like Tobacco, Pharma etc.; what makes it especially powerful in American politics is that there's no counter lobby or counter constituency.
For a typical American politician, while there's potentially some downside to supporting Big Pharma, Big Oil etc. openly i.e. they may lose votes and funding, there are no consequences to supporting Israel - no big funders taking away money, no loss of votes since Muslims don't vote as a bloc and don't prioritise issues like Palestine and Iran as much.
Which is why except for a few liberal politicians who do have a constituency that cares about this stuff, almost every American politician on both sides of the aisle is happy to be on Israel's side. No real downside and plenty of potential upside (mainly funding but also some votes). Trump's just an extreme case.