Trump has testy exchange with Jewish reporter over anti-Semitism question

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President Trump told a Jewish reporter to sit down and be quiet Thursday after the journalist asked whether he planned to address recent reports showing a notable uptick in anti-Semitism.

“Despite what some of my colleagues may have been reporting, I haven’t seen anybody in my community accuse either yourself or anyone on your staff of being anti-Semitic. We understand that you have Jewish grandchildren – you are their zayde [grandfather],” Ami Magazine’s White House Correspondent Jake Turx began to ask during a press conference in the White House.

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