The 12 Funniest ‘King Of Israel’ Tweets, Because If We Don’t Laugh We’ll Cry
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.
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 Singer@forward.com or on Twitter @jeanvaljenny
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