Trump Provides Clarification Following Backlash Over His ‘Disloyalty’ Remarks

Trump Provides Clarification Following Backlash Over His ‘Disloyalty’ Remarks
President Donald Trump speaks to media before departing the White House on Marine One en route to Kentucky to speak at the American Veterans 75th National Convention, in Washington in Aug. 21, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
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President Donald Trump provided clarification following backlash over his comment suggesting that Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.”

The comment, made at the White House on Aug. 20, garnered criticism from Trump’s opponents and various Jewish organizations, including many pro-Democratic Jewish groups. Some of the groups accused the president of weaponizing anti-Semitism for political gain.