Trump uses an anti-semitic trope in a tweet and then deletes it:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

This f--king guy!

[boston bean]

1. He is a disgusting human being.

[ramapo]

2. Anti-semitic?

I don't really see it. It is another dickish tweet from the miscreant. I guess we'll miss these when they take his phone away in January.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. ...

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=jews%20cunning

[Ilsa]

17. This is new to me too.

Learn something every day.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. By observing Trump we will hear a lot more dog whistles.

[Buzz Clik]

16. Yeah, I suppose it's possible to be ignorant of the slur.

Without previous context, declaring black people to be fond of fried chicken is harmless.

But, not to worry. The Trump crowd has spit out the dog whistle, and their bigotry will be easy to detect.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. These dog whistles are more recognized on the East Coast.

[Drahthaardogs]

38. I had never heard it either

Went right over my head

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

4. Educate me. What's anti-semetic about that?

nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Check out the link in post #3. n/t

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

6. Thanks.

nt

[Lithos]

7. Cunning...

A word often used by antisemites to describe Jews.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

8. Never heard that. Thanks.

nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. Don't worry. There will be a lot more bigoted tropes from our Bigot In Chief.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. He's a piece of work.

My "favorite" was his twofer where he managed to insult blacks and Jews simultaneously by saying he would rather have little guys in yarmulkes counting his money than blacks because they were inherently better at it.

[meow2u3]

30. Cunning should also be a word...

used by liberals to describe white supremacists. Let's turn the tables on anti-Semites, white supremacists, and other diabolical haters.

[deminks]

11. 'cunning' and the 'sch'

He's been palling around with too many neo-nazis. Notice he deleted the sch in first tweet but had to add the cunning in the second tweet, just so Senator knows his place.

It is Schumer, schmuck.

https://www.schumer.senate.gov/

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Sad how he uses his Jewish daughter , grandchild, and son in law as beards.

[spanone]

12. he has an entire closet full of dog whistles

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I hope the media doesn't ignore it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

25. Fox News says: Did we just elect our first Jewish president?

Then they haul out every Jewish stereotype with admiration, slap them on Trump and are happy!!!

Let me prove to you that Donald is our first Jewish president…

Donald is a lifelong New York businessman, who made his fortune in real estate. You can’t get more Jewish than that.

Donald’s daughter Ivanka has converted to orthodox Judaism. That makes Donald the first president in the history of America with orthodox Jewish grandkids.

Donald is handing his business over to his children. That is the goal of every Jewish businessman in history.

Donald is the most hardworking businessman I’ve ever met. That is a trait handed down to me by my Yiddish grandfather. I believe it is the main reason for the success of the Jewish people.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/11/20/trump-is-headed-to-white-house-did-just-elect-our-first-jewish-president.html

[workinclasszero]

15. Il Douche

Is going to have a hard time suppressing his hatred of Jews and and PoC while the whole world watches his every move/tweet.

[uponit7771]

18. Cunning is a word used by anti semites

[Plucketeer]

20. I didn't know this either

And I have to wonder if dip-shit knew the inferrance. Someone of his handlers caught it and the spelling goof. Remember, this is the two Corintians dolt. We might be giving him too much credit.

[stevenleser]

22. On this one I agree. nt

[stevenleser]

21. I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. I doubt he is that aware on some of

the more subtle antisemitic tropes.

He is not someone who seems to make himself aware of a lot of things.

[uponit7771]

24. given his overt bigotry its hard for me to do the same, DPutin is a racist asshole being anti

... semite isn't too far behind

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. You give him too much or too little credit....

He also told a predominately Jewish audience they were preternaturally great negotiators.

[Behind the Aegis]

36. I just re-watched that travisty today.

All it was missing was calling us "kikes". He made one anti-Semitic remark after another. I would be interested to see (haven't seen numbers yet), as to the Republican Jews who stood bye him. There are always a few willing to sell their souls, just like any group.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

37. Did you get my PM?

BTW, I don't think he's genocidal. I do think he has a Archie Bunker view of the Jews.

[petronius]

28. I suspect that whoever supervises his tweeting simply figured out that "cunning" isn't actually

a compliment, which is what Trump seems to have been going for. Removing the potentially antisemitic overtone was just inadvertent lagniappe in this case...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

29. See my post right above you...

I'm not saying he wants to incinerate Jews but he is familiar with every anti-semitic trope. My American Jewish friends to a one loathe him. Surprisingly I know Israeli ex pats who dig him. Maybe it's his contempt for Muslims or his strong man pose.

[Lithos]

33. To be honest, it's not subtle

It's pretty much direct from Henry Ford and the KKK from the 1920's and 1930's. It comes from the Protocols of Zion which Ford popularized in in his anti-Semitic rag called "The International Jew" which he used to bring fascism and anti-Semitism into the "Modern Age" in the US. This was the basis for the love and economic model that Hitler and the Nazi's used in Germany.

Trump would have gotten the usage from his father who was a follower of the Klan and and would know it to be linked to Jews.

On Edit: One of the twists which I think relevant to the tie between Trump and Ford is over immigration. Ford despised immigrants - which he focused primarily on Jews, but also because immigrants brought in "new ideas". So, it's not only immigration of people, it's also immigration of ideas. I would watch for this in the education choices and policies and his reaction to technology.

L-

[Behind the Aegis]

35. Great points about the "heads up" in regards to choices for education and technology.

Most people still aren't aware of the levels of anti-Semitism in which Ford was mired.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

39. What do you make of Trump's Jewish daughter, son in law, and grandchild?

To me it's dispositive of nothing.

[Lithos]

40. I think Trump compartmentalizes

And I think it likely that Jared was the person who told Trump to edit the message. Am sure it was Jared who took away Trump's twitter account for the last two weeks of the campaign and who monitors and shapes his Social media. Jared is very "socially aware" and as good, or better, a salesman as Trump.

I personally am curious to the dynamics between Jared and Bannon. They seem an odd pairing, but strangely compatible. However, I think their personalities and nature to control things will cause tension with the winner kicking the loser out of the nest.

L-

[DemocratSinceBirth]

41. Bye, bye... Bannon. Blood is thicker than water.

[bdamomma]

26. horrible just horrible

tRump is such an asshole.

[McCamy Taylor]

31. Those with tin ears should not tweet.

[LeftInTX]

32. Cunning is basically an insult

Makes me think of femme fatales in old movies.

[Behind the Aegis]

34. Thank you for posting this.

You and I are all too familiar with anti-Semitism, unfortunately, as seen here, there are more than a few who are not. It explains why Jews often have a hell of a time pointing out anti-Semitism and why so many like to claim it doesn't exist to the extent it does. One cannot see, what one does not understand.

"Pound of flesh", "Two masters", "Blood libel", "Shylock", "30 pieces of silver", "backstabbers", "International banking", "International media source", "Cabal", "Octopus", "Spider webs/spiders", "Rats", "vermin", the list goes on and on, but many have ties to anti-Semitic tropes and conspiracy theories, though it sometimes does depend on the circumstance and whom the target is. The only "upside" to this calamity, is perhaps, many of us Jews won't have so many people 'splaining to us whether something is/isn't anti-Semitic, assuming they get the definition correct.