This is the Forward’s coverage of U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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News Trump refuses to condemn white supremacy, urges antisemitic Proud Boys to ‘Stand by’
In response to a question about whether he would condemn white supremacists and militia groups and ask them to stay peaceful in the coming weeks and months, President Trump singled out the Proud Boys, a racist and antisemitic white supremacist group and told them to “stand by.” “Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists…
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News Israel, conspiracy theories, antisemitism: What to look for at tonight’s debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will face off Tuesday night in the first presidential debate ahead of this November’s election. The moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News (who is Jewish himself, and the son of journalists) has chosen to ask the candidates about each of their records, the Supreme Court, the…
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Fast Forward Jewish MSNBC commentator: ‘What is the difference between Hitler and Trump?’
(JTA) — A Jewish television commentator said there is “no difference” between the rhetoric of President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler, and Jews who support Trump “are not looking back at our history.” Donnie Deutsch, a former advertising executive and liberal TV personality from New York City, made the comments Wednesday on “Morning Joe” on…
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Fast Forward Trump quoted as saying Jews are ‘only in it for themselves’
(JTA) — President Donald Trump said Jews “stick together” and are “only in it for themselves” following conversations with Jewish lawmakers, The Washington Post quoted senior White House officials as saying. The quotes are in a lengthy article quoting anonymous current and former officials describing how Trump treated race in private conversations. The Post did…
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Fast Forward Trump praises “racehorse theory” at Minnesota rally
At a campaign rally in Minnesota on Saturday, President Donald Trump waxed poetic about the Minnesotan gene pool in language that, according to Holocaust experts, came eerily close to endorsing eugenics. “You have good genes, you know that, right? You have good genes. A lot of it is about genes, isn’t it, don’t you believe?”…
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Fast Forward The U.S. — not Israel — is my country, American Jews tweet at Trump
American Jews took to Twitter to respond after President Trump said Jews Jews should vote for him because of his position on Israel, saying “we love your country” during a White House call for Rosh Hashanah. My country is America. https://t.co/Fhx6SPsnnJ — Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 16, 2020 MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/VHSWpNSTmN — Antisemitism Cow (@AntisemitismCow) September…
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Fast Forward On Rosh Hashanah call, Trump tells Jews ‘we love your country’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump spent much of his 20-minute call with American Jewish leaders making the case for more American Jews to vote for him. He closed by repeating a line that has raised their eyebrows before. “We really appreciate you,” Trump said as he signed off the call, an annual pre-Rosh Hashanah…
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Fast Forward Groups call Trump ad featuring Bernie Sanders as puppet master anti-Semitic
(JTA) — Two left-wing Jewish groups are accusing Donald Trump’s presidential campaign of anti-Semitism over an ad showing Bernie Sanders holding Joe Biden as a puppet. The ad, according to screenshots posted on Twitter, has Biden dangling like a marionette from strings that are wrapped around Sanders’ fingers with text reading “Joe Biden: The radical…
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Culture Charlie Kirk kept a ‘Jewish Sabbath.’ What did he mean by that?
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News Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
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Antisemitism Decoded Israel is being blamed for Charlie Kirk’s death. Here’s what that conspiracy theory says about the far right’s divide
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Fast Forward ‘Murdered for speaking truth’: Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk
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