Donald Trump, King of Israel? Image by Getty/Forward Montage

This morning, the American president indirectly called himself “the king of Israel.”

This morning Sean Spicer, a man who once claimed that Hitler did not use gas chambers, announced that he would be going on a dance-based reality show.

There also appears to be something going on with Greenland.

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Being alive and being Jewish right now is enough to give you vertigo. With one hand, we’re packing a bag — and with the other, we’re tweeting jokes. Here are a few of our favorites:

1 .

ideally, you want the King of the Jews and the guy who literally called Nazis “very fine people” to be two different people

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) August 21, 2019

2 .

Who’s gonna tell him what happened to the last guy who called himself King of the Jews and the second coming of God https://t.co/7Eb4QSXj1G

— Orli Matlow (@HireMeImFunny) August 21, 2019

3 .

Nothing but respect for our King of Israel https://t.co/LZLXHK8MvE

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 21, 2019

4 .

Once Trump finds out the price of an apartment in Tel Aviv he’ll regret calling himself the King of Israel.

— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) August 21, 2019

5 .

My reaction to hearing that Trump is the King of the Jews pic.twitter.com/qADuQyMCPd

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) August 21, 2019

6 .

I’m confused on how Jews could believe Trump is the second coming of God. Wouldn’t he be the first coming?

— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) August 21, 2019

7 .

When you wake up and “King of the Jews”, “King of Israel”, “disloyal Jews” and “Second Coming of God” are trending. pic.twitter.com/Hnngc0qyFQ

— Kimberly (@ksk4911) August 21, 2019

8 .

okay so today the president said jews are stupid and got mad when he couldn’t buy greenland

— Megan Amram (@meganamram) August 21, 2019

9 .

King of Israel? Trump has much in common with Herod the Great: famous builder; known for cruelty to children; multiple wives; feckless kids; acts like a king but completely subservient to a hostile foreign power.

— Greg Olear (@gregolear) August 21, 2019

10 .

When you look to see why “King of Israel” is trending…#KingofIsrael pic.twitter.com/H8BsWiqTmL

— ? ⑂Martin⑂ ? (@Martin_Rich_91) August 21, 2019

11 .

Disloyal Jew is the named of the next cocktail I’m serving at our Shabbat Table

— Mordechai Lightstone (@Mottel) August 21, 2019

12 .

BOW BEFORE THE KING OF ISRAEL! pic.twitter.com/O6eOB7K6Xk

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) August 21, 2019

Jenny Singer is the deputy life/features editor for the Forward. You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny

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