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by Andrew Bernard
Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump speaks as he campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, US, August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Former US President Donald Trump lambasted “liberal Jews” for not supporting him and voting to “destroy America and Israel” in his Rosh Hashanah message marking the Jewish New Year.
“Just a quick reminder for liberal Jews who voted to destroy America & Israel because you believed false narratives!” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. “Let’s hope you learned from your mistake & make better choices moving forward! Happy New Year!”
Accompanying the message from the former president and 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner was a list of his accomplishments while in the White House related to Israel and Jewish issues.
“Wake Up Sheep. What Natzi/Anti Semite [sic] ever did this for the Jewish people or Israel?” the image asks.
The following list of accomplishments includes Trump moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, his decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and the signing of a Holocaust education bill.
“Clearly, one of the greatest Anti Semites of our time!” the message concludes, along with “#JEXIT,” referring to a social media movement to attract Jewish voters to the Republican Party.
In recent decades, Jewish-American voters have consistently voted 70-80 percent in favor of the Democratic candidate for president.
The holiday message is not the first time that Trump has chastised the American Jewish community for its voting patterns.
“No President has done more for Israel than I have,” Trump wrote in a post last October. “Somewhat surprisingly, however, our wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the US….Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel — Before it is too late!”
In national polls, Trump holds a commanding 40-50 point lead over his nearest rival in the Republican presidential primary and is in a statistical dead heat with US President Joe Biden in general election polling.
