“Is it antisemitic to say things like ‘Jews control the media, Jews control Congress, Jews have divided loyalties?’” @mehdirhasan asks Trump’s ambassador to Israel. “Yes.” “Was it antisemitic when Trump said those things?” Watch David Friedman’s answer:

Feb 11, 2022 · 1:18 AM UTC

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Donald Trump believes in every awful Jewish stereotype and trope. He’s NOT an anti-Semite because he thinks those are all good things.
the excuses they make
1:35 t'Rump-thug defends (and deploys) the dual-loyalty trope... while shrugging, as if it's harmless. To him, accusations of antisemitism are nothing but a zealously-hypocritical, smirkingly-dishonest, handful of shit to fling whenever it's politically convenient.
Did he step in it? I believe he did.
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He deserves an award for the contortion he did to get around that question.
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