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Trump, amid claims of anti-Semitism, invoked Henry Ford. Hitler called the automaker his 'inspiratio
Source: Washington Post
Trump, amid claims of anti-Semitism, invoked Henry Ford. Hitler called the automaker his ‘inspiration.’
By Allyson Chiu August 22 at 7:25 AM
President Trump, who recently embraced the title of “King of Israel,” has been repeatedly accused of promoting anti-Semitic tropes this week for his assertions that Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats are “disloyal.”
On Wednesday night, just hours after Trump dismissed the criticisms and shared quotes from a conspiracy theorist claiming that Israeli Jews “love him like he is the second coming of God,” the president appeared to depart from the ongoing debate by firing off several tweets about the auto industry. But critics quickly noted that two of those missives positively referenced “legendary” American automaker Henry Ford, who was once regarded by Adolf Hitler as his “inspiration” and is arguably the most notorious anti-Semite in modern U.S. history.
“Today is really not the best day for Trump to be taking the side of Henry Ford,” Dan McLaughlin, a contributing columnist at National Review Online, tweeted.
The White House did not respond to questions early Thursday about whether Trump was aware of Ford’s bigoted views, which have been described as “the most controversial and least admirable aspect” of a career that included founding the Ford Motor Company, pioneering assembly-line production and creating the Model T.
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By Allyson Chiu August 22 at 7:25 AM
President Trump, who recently embraced the title of “King of Israel,” has been repeatedly accused of promoting anti-Semitic tropes this week for his assertions that Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats are “disloyal.”
On Wednesday night, just hours after Trump dismissed the criticisms and shared quotes from a conspiracy theorist claiming that Israeli Jews “love him like he is the second coming of God,” the president appeared to depart from the ongoing debate by firing off several tweets about the auto industry. But critics quickly noted that two of those missives positively referenced “legendary” American automaker Henry Ford, who was once regarded by Adolf Hitler as his “inspiration” and is arguably the most notorious anti-Semite in modern U.S. history.
“Today is really not the best day for Trump to be taking the side of Henry Ford,” Dan McLaughlin, a contributing columnist at National Review Online, tweeted.
Dan McLaughlin
@baseballcrank
Today is really not the best day for Trump to be taking the side of Henry Ford.
Link to tweet
The White House did not respond to questions early Thursday about whether Trump was aware of Ford’s bigoted views, which have been described as “the most controversial and least admirable aspect” of a career that included founding the Ford Motor Company, pioneering assembly-line production and creating the Model T.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/22/trump-henry-ford-antisemitism-jews/
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where most of the juiciest conspiracy theories seem to come from these days.
The cover of a German copy of the second volume of The International Jew, which Henry Ford published (1922-1924)