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Are the people that support #45 ok with his antisemitic comments?

This is one of the many reasons i do NOT like #45 aka orangeman...

What are the excuses for his comment ...just waiting to see what is said.
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Roadsterrider · 56-60, M
Trump said he thought the Jews in the US should be happier with what he has done for Israel as a nation, It doesn't sound antisemitic to me. He moved the Embassy to Israel when the world opposed it, recognizing Jerusalem as the Capitol of the country. More witch hunting, trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.
@Roadsterrider And what does that have to do with American Jews?
Trump is saying that American Jews aren't really American, their real country is Israel. It's similar to when he said that the Squad should "go back to their countries" even though America is their country. He also did this with a judge he didn't like, saying that he's biased because he's "a Mexican judge." The judge was actually born and raised in America, but because he has Mexican heritage, Trump basically claimed that he couldn't do his job because he was more loyal to Mexico.

As you can see, this is a pattern with Trump. When he has an issue with a minority, he tries to discredit them by painting them as foreigners occupying America. A very old racist trope.

And it's not just Trump. When Trump got caught in his quid pro quo scandal, the Right was trying to discredit Alexander Vindman, an American soldier, by saying he was Ukrainian and working on behalf of Ukraine. The only evidence they present of this is that Vindman was born in Ukraine. Again, using xenophobia and racism to discredit someone.
Roadsterrider · 56-60, M
@BohemianBabe If you read the actual tweet, he was talking about Jews in the US, even compared them to evangelicals. As far as the Squad, he didn't tell any of them to go back to a country of origin.
“Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” is what he said about the squad, it has been taken out of context and used to bash Trump. Was he talking about another country or was he talking about Detroit or New York?
@Roadsterrider
If you read the actual tweet, he was talking about Jews in the US, even compared them to evangelicals.

That's the point. Why should Jewish-Americans give a fuck about what Trump is doing in a foreign country that most of them have never even been to? It's because, again, Trump is saying Jewish-Americans aren't really American. He's saying their "real" country is Israel.
It's just like saying that the "Mexican judge" can't do his job because, even though he's Mexican-American, his "real" country is Mexico.

As far as the Squad, he didn't tell any of them to go back to a country of origin.

He said that they "came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe" and then right after that, said they should "go back" to the "crime infested places from which they came." He was obviously saying they should go back to their countries. If you're seriously going to argue that he meant American cities, then you're just being bad faith.
If I say "you come from a crappy country," then in the next breath say "you should go back to where you came from" you obviously know what I'm saying.
Roadsterrider · 56-60, M
@BohemianBabe I still don't see his comments as racist, whether he was thinking that Omar should go back to Somalia or not.
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