Trump is known to regularly tweet hateful messages from his Twitter account targeting ethnic and religious minorities in the process. Not all of his offensive words began after his most recent run for president.
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012
Sadly, because president Obama has done such a poor job as president, you won’t see another black president for generations!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 25, 2014
Sadly, the overwhelming amount of violent crime in our major cities is committed by blacks and hispanics-a tough subject-must be discussed.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5, 2013
So it is very curious that after all the presumptive GOP nominee as said and done that he would tweet out an image aimed at rival candidate Hillary Clinton — and then delete it.
From the Hill:
“Donald Trump tweeted an image accusing Hillary Clinton of being “corrupt” with a six-pointed star, before deleting it hours later after a loud chorus of backlash.
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s image showed the words “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” on a Star of David, a symbol that appears on the Israeli flag and is commonly associated with Judaism.”
Trump deletes a tweet (only to replace it with one about as idiotic) under pressure from social media, but unfortunately for “The Donald,” the Internet’s memory is a long one.
Last year Donald Trump posted an ad that featured Nazi soldiers. This morning, more anti-Semitic campaigning. pic.twitter.com/685lcecPi3
— dylly p. (@dyllyp) July 2, 2016
Now, I could give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt; the original hateful tweet is gone. And yet, I’m not going to. Just as with every other aspect of bigotry that the GOP candidate aligned himself with to get votes, he’s also well versed in anti-Semitic speech.
Haaretz Writer Alexander Griffing warned that a Trump presidency would be disastrous for those of Jewish heritage. Griffing pointed to examples of anti-Semitic rhetoric to back up his claim.
Trump managed to throw out some pretty anti-Semitic statements when speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition back in December. “You’re not gonna support me even though you know I’m the best thing that could ever happen to Israel,” Trump said. “You’re not going to support me because I don’t want your money. Isn’t it crazy?”
He added, “This room negotiates deals. Perhaps more than any room I’ve ever spoken to.”
Re-read the above quote, and please note the blatant implications of Trump’s statements. In the deleted tweet, Trump has Hillary Clinton against a background made of money. Next to her face, we get the word “corrupt” inside a Star of David. One of the most popular anti-Semitic stereotypes around involves Jewish people supposedly being corrupt bribers who are obsessed with money and power. If it had been anyone else not known to be familiar with this stereotype (as evidenced above), there would be room to call it a coincidence.
However, Trump has always known his target base and is well aware of their bigotry and pro-white sentiments. After all, Trump supporters were the intended target of the original tweet- and these are people who’ve attacked and insulted ethnic minorities on camera multiple times.
A black protester at Trump’s rally today in Alabama was shoved, tackled, punched & kicked:
https://t.co/Aq0wuaAtax pic.twitter.com/cTRDMtjuBl
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) November 21, 2015
Trump voters have also acted out anti-Semitic behaviors online. Writer Michael Weiss wrote an article for the Daily Beast about being harassed by racist Trump supporters. The vicious attacks began after he called out Donald for his inappropriate response to the Orlando mass shooting.
“[I’m] used to hostile criticism and usually have fun with my online trolls. But I was unprepared for what greeted me on Twitter in the next 72 hours, namely a wave of anti-Semitic abuse that I’ve not experienced from Syrian or Iraqi jihadists in the three years or so I’ve been writing about them.
After realizing that my social media had become a rallying ground for Der Stürmer cartoonists and semi-literate John Birchers, I poured myself a bracing cocktail and wondered: Where, exactly, did this come from?”
To answer Weiss’s question, it came from a man who allowed white supremacists to openly rally around his campaign platform. It came from his reluctance to refute his connection to white hate groups. Given Donald Trump’s family’s actual connection to the KKK, you’d think he’d be working extra hard to dismiss such a strong link.
He hasn’t and likely will not. Perhaps he deleted the tweet because he was concerned he’d revealed a little too much about himself — that he is either a white supremacist or white supremacist sympathizer.
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