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And because he doesn’t care about the People’s opinions. He’s a controlling stubborn demagog. His lack of decency would be an embarrasment in the public’s eye, and cause negative reprecussions from other countries. His rash decision-making is “unhinged”, and he’d use executive action on EVERYTHING.
the torah says to love your fellow jew like your love yourself but to what extent?
A- It’s a machlokes among rishonim if you are obligated (/able) to love another person like yourself. Almost all agree though that you have to care for them and their possessions and not hurting them. There is also a “mitzva kiyumis” – active mitzvah which one can perform (not required) of helping them achieve what they want, giving them what they need, etc.. If you see a Jew running for the bus, if you hope they reach it is a kiyum of this mitzvah.
do you need to be friendly or be best friends with every jew of your gender?
A- The mitzvah is not gender specific.
halachically are you obligated to give up your own comfort for them?
No. But the gemara says by this concept that if you say “it’s too uncomfortable” too often, hashem will make sure that you get bitten back. (“Sofo lavo lida kach”).
I have heard from prominent poskim that by doing chesed, if one has kavana to do a mitzvah – he accomplishes nothing with his actions. The mitzvah is to love a jew, so the kavana must be to love the jew. By laleches bidrachav, the kavana must be to be like hashem. So before you do a chesed, make sure to have the right kavanos!