President Trump’s history of using antisemitic tropes

This appeared in The Millennial Source

President Donald Trump, who has faced frequent accusations of racism, regularly polls poorly among Blacks and Latinos. He is just as unpopular with most Jewish Americans.

In 2016, Jewish Americans voted for Trump’s opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, by a considerable majority. However, among Orthodox Jews, Trump had 50% support.

Trump has appealed to conservative Jews thanks to his strong advocacy for the state of Israel. Despite this, Trump has repeatedly been accused of antisemitism. Over the years, he has used stereotypically racist tropes about Jewish people while occasionally making statements that some view as “dog whistles” to white supremacist supporters.

A recent comment by Trump about Henry Ford, a man well-known for his anti-Jewish rhetoric, has again led to accusations of antisemitism.

Trump comments on Ford’s “good bloodlines”

On Thursday, May 21, Trump was visiting a Ford plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He was praising the work being done to produce ventilators to address the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. In a seemingly off-script moment, Trump said of Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford auto company, “Good…