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Trump’s Menacing Rosh Hashanah Message to American Jews

The former president’s anti-Jewish remarks follow an old pattern.
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Like most politicians, former President Donald Trump marked the occasion of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, by passing along holiday greetings to American Jews. Unlike most politicians, Trump used the opportunity to threaten them.

On Sunday evening, just as Rosh Hashanah was coming to a close, Trump a meme on his social-media platform, Truth Social, excoriating “liberal Jews” who had “voted to destroy for Democrats since before World War II.) “Let’s hope you learned from your mistake,” the caption continued, “and make better choices going forward!”

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