ADL blasts Trump over use of 'antisemitic tropes' after he says Jews to blame if he loses election

The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League Jonathan Greenblatt criticizes former US president Donald Trump after he said yesterday that Jewish Americans would be a leading cause of his electoral loss if they don’t vote for him in December.

“Here we go again,” writes Greenblatt in a statement posted on X, pointing out that Trump’s acknowledgment of a historic surge in antisemitism is “undermined by then employed numerous antisemitic tropes and anti-Jewish stereotypes — including rampant accusations of dual loyalty.”

“Preemptively blaming American Jews for your potential election loss does zero to help American Jews,” he continues. “It increases their sense of alienation in a moment of vulnerability when right-wing extremists and left-wing antizionists continually demonize and slander Jews. This is happening on college campuses, in public places, everywhere. There are threats on all sides.”

He warns that Trump’s comments “will likely spark more hostility and further inflame an already bad situation.”