President Trump pushed back against criticism that he has not denounced anti-Semitism forcefully enough since facing questions about anti-Semitic crimes last week, telling MSNBC on Tuesday that he disavows anti-Semitic attitudes whenever possible.
“Anti-Semitism is horrible, and it’s going to stop and it has to stop,” Trump said during an interview at the National Museum of African-American History, which he visited Tuesday morning in honor of Black History Month.
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Trump said he denounces anti-Semitism “wherever I get a chance.” The president faced scrutiny when a statement commemorating the Holocaust shortly after he took office failed to mention its impact on the Jewish community, although the White House has strongly denied that the omission carried any significance.
And during a news conference last week, Trump harangued a reporter who asked about a recent uptick in anti-Semitic acts, telling him to sit down. Several Jewish community centers have recently been the target of threats.
