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Donald Trump’s Record on Antisemitism
November 3, 2025
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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.
Despite rising antisemitism, the Trump administration has cut vital funding for combating antisemitism.
- It initially 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.
- It canceled funding for efforts to avert hate crimes against Arab, Jewish, and Asian Americans.
- It cut funding to agencies that work to prevent antisemitism, including the Department of Education, which enforces Title VI complaints about antisemitism on campus.
- 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 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.”
The Trump administration has provided a home for Nazi rhetoric and symbolism.
- During a 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, and white supremacists have interpreted this as a sign they have support within the Trump administration.
- Trump has 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.
- A top Justice Department attorney in the Trump administration praised ‘Mein Kampf.’ The same attorney is responsible for lawsuits dealing with antisemitic incidents. Trump’s original nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, said he has a “Nazi streak” and espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric. After these facts came to light, the Trump administration allowed Ingrassia to remain in his current White House role.
- Trump’s initial nominee to be one of the most powerful prosecutors in the country, Ed Martin, gave an award 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.
The list of Trump nominees to key positions with histories of antisemitism:
- FBI Director Kash Patel has ties to controversial figures known for promoting racism, antisemitism, and conspiracy theories.
- Joe Kent, who was confirmed by the Senate as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has ties to neo-Nazis and white nationalists.
- 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.”
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth supports a new Christian crusade. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. peddled baseless conspiracy theories that undermined public health, including that Jews engineered COVID-19.
- 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.
- A Trump nominee for a key State Department position, Jeremy Carl, repeatedly shared the “Great Replacement” theory online.
- The Trump administration named Michael Anton, who has shared antisemitic conspiracy theories about George Soros, to lead technical talks with Iran.
- A May 14, 2025, report found that multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists.