Donald Trump’s Record on Antisemitism

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President Donald Trump came into office with a long record of antisemitism, including accusing Jews of disloyalty and invoking other antisemitic tropes. Trump infamously said that there were “very fine people on both sides” following the 2017 Unite the Right march in Charlottesville, which featured white supremacists chanting “Jews will not replace us.” He has added to this disgraceful record during his second term as president.

The Trump administration has provided a home for white supremacist rhetoric and symbolism. 

• In January 2026, various government social media accounts invoked white nationalist slogans, songs, and memes.
  • The Department of Labor (DOL) posted a video using the phrase, “One Homeland, One People, One Heritage,” which is eerily similar to “Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Führer” – translated to “One Empire, One People, One Leader” – a central slogan used by Hitler.
  • The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a video using the song “We’ll Have Our Home Again,” referencing a white supremacist anthem favored by the Proud Boys.
  • The White House and DHS have both invoked or referenced the phrase “Which Way, Western Man?”, a reference to a 1978 book with the same title written by one of America’s most prominent Nazis.
  • The Trump administration consistently employs theories of an immigrant invasion supported by Democrats or societal elites, which echoes the antisemitic Great Replacement Theory.
• In December 2025, the Coast Guard downgraded the swastika and nooses from a hate symbol to “potentially divisive.” They reversed this decision only after receiving pressure from Jewish Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen and the broader Jewish community.
• In November 2025, Trump defended Tucker Carlson for platforming Nick Fuentes, who is widely known for Holocaust denial, white supremacy, and other antisemitic and anti-Israel views, including referring to the Hamas attack on October 7 as “staged.”
• During an April 2025 press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump claimed that Nazis treated Jewish prisoners with “love.” 
• Elon Musk and Steve Bannon have made what appear to be Nazi salutes in the first month of Trump’s second term, and white supremacists have interpreted this as a sign they have support within the Trump administration.
• During his 2024 campaign, Trump repeatedly invoked Hitler and the Nazis, including reportedly expressing a wish for “Hitler’s generals.” His campaign released a video calling for the “creation of a unified reich.”
• Trump dined with Kanye West and white nationalist/Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes in 2022 at Mar-a-Lago.

Despite rising antisemitism, the Trump administration has cut vital funding for combating antisemitism. 

• In June 2025, it ended DHS programs designed to thwart lone-wolf terrorist attacks like those carried out at the Capitol Jewish Museum and in Boulder, Colorado.
• In April 2025, it canceled funding for efforts to avert hate crimes against Arab, Jewish, and Asian Americans. 
• In March 2025, it froze funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which helps keep synagogues, day schools, Jewish community centers, and other places of worship safe from attacks.
• In March 2025, it cut funding to agencies that work to prevent antisemitism, including the Department of Education, which enforces Title VI complaints about antisemitism on campus.

Several cabinet-level and high-ranking Trump officials have histories of antisemitism:

• Vice President JD Vance defended the inclusion of antisemites in the Republican Party at the Turning Point USA conference in December 2025. This builds on Vance’s history of defending antisemitic rhetoric, including his continued Christian nationalist beliefs. 
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has frequently voiced his support for a new Christian crusade.
• A top Justice Department attorney in the Trump administration praised ‘Mein Kampf.’ The same attorney is responsible for lawsuits dealing with antisemitic incidents.
• In July 2023, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. peddled baseless conspiracy theories that undermined public health, including that Jews engineered COVID-19.
• FBI Director Kash Patel has ties to controversial figures known for promoting racism, antisemitism, and conspiracy theories.

Many other Trump nominees, appointees, and key allies also share antisemitic beliefs:

• One of Trump’s appointees to his Religious Liberty Commission, Carrie Prejean Boller, purveyed the antisemitic rhetoric that Jews are responsible for the killing of Jesus during a hearing on antisemitism in February 2026. She has also promoted the views of Candace Owens, a prominent antisemitic leader on the right.
• A May 14, 2025, report found that multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists.
• Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s original nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, said he has a “Nazi streak” in January 2024 and espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric. After these facts came to light in October 2025, the Trump administration allowed Ingrassia to remain in his current White House role. 
• Joe Kent, who was confirmed by the Senate in June 2025 as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has ties to neo-Nazis and white nationalists.
• Kingsley Wilson, who has been described as a prolific purveyor of antisemitic conspiracy theories, was promoted to press secretary at the Department of Defense in May 2025 despite widespread condemnation from the Jewish community. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth continues to praise Wilson even as more evidence of her antisemitism emerges.
• In April 2025, the Trump administration named Michael Anton, who has shared antisemitic conspiracy theories about George Soros, to lead technical talks with Iran.
• Jeremy Carl, Trump’s nominee for a senior position at the State Department, has a record of white supremacist dog whistles. He has discussed “cultural genocide” against white people, called Juneteenth a “race hustling and white shaming” holiday, said “Jews often love to play the victim,” and said that with his political opponents, “There is no ‘peaceful coexistence’…we either win or die.”
• Ed Martin, Trump’s initial nominee to be one of the most powerful prosecutors in the country, gave an award in September 2024 to white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, who said that “Hitler should have finished the job.” Martin praised Hale-Cusanelli as an “extraordinary man” and “extraordinary leader.” Martin has also compared Joe Biden to Adolf Hitler and questioned Jews’ commitment to their religion if they vote for Democrats.
• During Trump’s first term, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Darren Beattie was fired in 2018 after CNN revealed he spoke at a conference attended by white nationalists and said that “competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.”

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