Trump campaigned on a pledge to fight antisemitism. “Antisemitic bigotry has no place in a civilized society,” Trump said at an event in 2024.
However, critics question whether antisemitism may have found a place within his administration.
NPR has identified three Trump officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a man described by federal prosecutors as a “Nazi sympathizer,” and a prominent Holocaust denier.
Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, argues that the administration is using antisemitism as a pretext.
Most of the people saying this just wanted the pretense to black bag and terrorize anyone who hurts Israel’s feelings, antisemitism be damned. Arabs are semites, and nobody has a problem being genocidal towards them. It was always going to be like this. The question is: how long do people let this shit continue?