During his joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, President Trump was asked how he would respond to those concerned that his administration promotes racism.
“Mr. President, since your election campaign and after your victory, we’ve seen a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the United States,” a journalist asked. “And I wonder what you say to those among the Jewish community in Israel, around the world, who believe that your administration is playing with xenophobia and racist tones?”
Trump responded by talking about one of his favorite subjects — his electoral college victory over Hillary Clinton.
“Well, I just want to say that we are very honored by the victory that we had,” Trump began. “Three hundred and six electoral college votes — we were not supposed to crack 220 — you know that, right? There was no way to 221, but then they said there’s no way to 270. And there’s tremendous enthusiasm out there.”
Trump then promised that to bring peace and stop crime and suggested that whatever racism exists in America isn’t his responsibility.
“We are going to have peace in this country,” he said. “We are going to stop crime in this country. We are going to do everything within our power to stop simmering racism and every other thing that’s going on. A lot of bad things have been taking place over a long period of time.”
Trump concluded offering bromides about how he hopes he’ll “be able to do something” about how divided the country is, and mentioned the fact that his daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kusher, and their children are Jewish.
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