Overview
- Pressed on the issue, Trump said he condemns antisemitism and declared himself “the least antisemitic person probably there is anywhere in the world.”
- Trump cited his pro‑Israel record and an Israeli honor he says he received as evidence of his stance, while highlighting that his daughter and grandchildren are Jewish.
- He denied knowing Nick Fuentes despite their 2022 Mar‑a‑Lago dinner as a guest of Kanye West, and said Republican leaders should condemn figures who espouse antisemitism.
- The administration points to campus actions—cutting federal funds to universities and seeking visa revocations or deportations of some foreign students—as part of its anti‑antisemitism push.
- Internal Republican divisions persist, with figures such as Vice President JD Vance resisting strict “purity tests,” and a poll reported that about half of American Jews view Trump as antisemitic; Trump also said he was unaware of texts in which Paul Ingrassia expressed a “Nazi streak.”