Trump lets his Jew-hating flag fly again [View all]

Donald Trump returned to bigoted form on Wednesday by lobbing yet another antisemitic attack against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States.

“Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned,” Trump said while speaking to reporters during a White House visit with Micheál Martin, the taoiseach (or prime minister) of Ireland. “He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian.”

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As is often the case, Trump’s unhinged remarks were not in response to any specific question or topic but came as part of a rant against congressional Democrats. They dared to criticize the recently passed House spending bill for empowering Trump and his top benefactor Elon Musk, who has been working to attack and decimate government agencies via his so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

Wednesday’s outburst was not the first time Trump has accused Schumer of no longer being Jewish. He made a post in February claiming that Palestinians were “people like Schumer,” and made the same argument last year while campaigning for the presidency. Trump’s comments were tangentially related to Schumer and other Democrats criticizing the Israeli government for Palestinian deaths as a result of the Israel-Hamas War.

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