President Donald Trump is desperately trying to paint himself as the protector of Jewish people — but the evidence against him is staggering, a columnist wrote Tuesday.
As his administration fights to deport a legal permanent resident for pro-Palestinian protest and uses federal funds to pressure universities to crack down on dissent, Trump is presenting himself “under the guise of thwarting antisemitism,” MSNBC’s Ja’han Jones wrote.
He even attacked Jewish Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), claiming he “used to be Jewish — he’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian.”
But the evidence smashing this presentation is massive, Jones wrote.
And he laid it out.
“Some of the most prominent influencers in the conservative movement are praising Nazi apologists and defending Adolf Hitler,” he wrote.
Among them is podcast host and Trump supporter Joe Rogan, who has “promoted a variation of the racist and antisemitic 'replacement theory' while discussing immigration” and described a notorious Nazi apologist’s work as “very valuable to me, and it’s very valuable to human beings.”
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Another MAGA influencer, Jake Shields, claimed that Hitler “wasn’t pushing hatred towards other races.”
“And these aren’t isolated incidents. Hitler-loving rapper Ye and white nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes, whom Donald Trump hosted for dinner in 2022, were both seen this week in a since-deleted video posted by Ye on X, in which the rapper was wearing a swastika necklace seemingly made out of diamonds," added Jones.
Even Trump’s direct attack on Schumer was antisemitic, Jones said.
“All this to say: Don’t be gaslit. As the Trump administration uses claims of antisemitism to crack down on civil rights, the president is leading a movement growing more emboldened in its support for Nazi apologists, Nazi ideology and Hitler himself,” he concluded.
