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Trump's comments on American Jews were anti-Semitic -White House

Published 10/17/2022, 01:46 PM
Updated 10/17/2022, 03:36 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Mesa, Arizona, U.S., October 9, 2022.  REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Mesa, Arizona, U.S., October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's recent comments that American Jews have offered insufficient praise of his policies toward Israel were "insulting" and "anti-Semitic", White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday.

"Donald Trump's comments were anti-Semitic, as you all know, and insulting both to Jews and our Israeli allies," Jean-Pierre told reporters.

A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Trump on Sunday warned that American Jews need to “get their act together” before “it is too late!”

The suggestion of disloyalty, made on Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, plays into the antisemitic trope that U.S. Jews have dual loyalties to the U.S. and to Israel, and it drew immediate condemnation.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Mesa, Arizona, U.S., October 9, 2022.  REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

“No President has done more for Israel than I have,” Trump wrote before adding that it was somewhat surprising that “our wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S.”

Last week, President Joe Biden told CNN in an interview that "I believe I can beat Donald Trump again" if both men run for president in 2024.

Latest comments

the evangenitals that support trump politically should lose their religious tax exempt status! they worship his grabbing of women's genitals!
the orange mess learned to be a racist from his father Fred. no one is born a racist or anti semite! it's a learned value! look in the mirror , please!
“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump then you ain’t black,” - Joe Biden Imagine if Trump said something like that about Jewish people.  The Washington Post would lose their minds.
This article reports that "Trump said something like that about Jevvish people."
are you a worst liar than trump! it's a high bar!
what racists Republicans elect! omg
jessica our new spam queen
These spambots are ***the comment section.
Antii semi tic? No. Narrow minded and stereotyping? Definitely. Its as if someone would think African Americans should respond based on policy towards Kenya.
What percentage of American jgews do you imagine are from Israel?
  "Today the J ewish community in the United States consists primarily of Ashkenazi J ews, who descend from diaspora J ewish populations of Central and Eastern Europe and comprise about 90–95% of the American J ewish population."  --  wiki for "American J ews"
Thanks! So, to spell it out for the simpletons, expecting American jgews to align with American policies in Israel just because they are jgewish is, generously, an uninformed expectation.
Ironic how we can't say that word that's in the title of this article. WOOOOOW!!!!!
isn't this site based in Israel?
The man's grandkids are (Je) ~ wish for crying out loud! The MSM has ZERO shame or credibility!
Trump would throw them under the bus in a heartbeat. it HE who has no shame.
Tell us how you can't be racist because you have black "friends".
You can dislike the man, but you can't call that statement anti-Semitic.
you can if you're a liar.
ignorant and insensitive better?
Putin also thinks Trump has "offered insufficient praise"
  Trump gave everyone grief
And people who blames Biden for everything are hypocritical to accuse TDS.
there are plenty of leads supporting suspicions of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Russian media called Trump "their man". during the 2020 campaign Putin made a public statement supporting Trump's reelection. Trump was saved by "his buddy" attorney general Barr.
I don't see anything antisemitic in this statement. If fact, the motive seems from a place of goodwill and caring about what the establishment party is doing to undermine Israel's security.
LOL. You are so obtuse, you just did the same thing.
What a crock
it's First Last TDS causing her problems. Stop picking on her. She is ill!
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