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The Trump White House’s controversial Holocaust Memorial Statement is back with even more sketchy details. Last week, Trump’s brief note on the subject was widely criticized for omitting any reference to Jews and only referring to the millions of “innocent people” who perished in the Holocaust. (The Trump White House effectively All Lives Matter-ed the Holocaust.) Folks also compared Trump’s statement to Obama much lengthier 2016 devotion that reflected a deeper dive into history and arrived with a speech, in which Obama quoted an American WWII hero who stated, “We are all Jews.”
Politico has now spoken with three sources who have revealed that State Department officials crafted a separate statement, which they believed was going to be used by the Trump administration. However, the statement was reportedly “blocked” in favor of the version that was ultimately issued. Here’s some more about the fallout:
The existence of the draft statement adds another dimension to the controversy around the White House’s own statement that was released on Friday and set off a furor because it excluded any mention of Jews. The White House has stood by the statement, defending it as an “inclusive” message that was not intended to marginalize Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Instead, the White House’s own statement drew widespread criticism for overlooking the Jews’ suffering, and was cheered by neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer.
A White House official said there was no ill intent, adding that the White House didn’t see State’s draft until after issuing its own statement and told State not to release its version because it came after 7 p.m.
So, the White House is saying that they never knew about the State Department’s version and never asked them to draft one in the first place. This won’t quell the criticism, especially for folks who are concerned about Steve Bannon, who wooed an audience of anti-Semitic readers at Breitbart, and his strong influence on Trump.
However, it’s also possible that Trump himself didn’t see the big deal in omitting all reference to Jews in his statement. After all, he’s the same president who talked about himself during his Black History Month address and may not even realize that Frederick Douglass is no longer alive. He also began his National Prayer Breakfast by mocking Arnold Schwarzenegger, so he’s not exactly one to properly observe an occasion.
(Via Politico)
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Calling all trolls who said it wasn’t a big deal that he left the Jews out of his Holocaust Memorial Day Statement…
I betcha Steve Bannon had a role in this. I don’t think he’s all that fond of the Jews…
Man, even when someone is completely wrong about everything he’s still right about something.
Give the President a break. He’s probably thinking “What does a great white shark have to do with a Holocaust? They kill very few people. So sad. Not bigly”
But all lives matter !
I’m all for critical examination of any president, but almost every single article on Uproxx now is all about who the world is ending from this man. 1 thing to guarantee: The world will still be here in 4 or 8 years no matter what he does, and no, we won’t be living in a post apocalyptic America after it’s over.
How many times will you copy and paste this?
Did they say the world is ending?
Yes, if he’s the next Hitler then the world as we know it is ending, and it’s ending permanently for a significant amount of the population.
Or it’s just a blatant power grab for the 1%.
This is a bot, right?
The world will still be here, but how fucked up is the real question.
I mean, you’re most likely right and everything, but with his cavalier attitude towards nuclear weapons it is within the realm of possibility that the world as we know it could end up permanently altered in a pretty terrifying way.
Yes the world will still be here in 4 years. However this far he’s pushed away some of our closest allies. Gave the worlds biggest threat a boost in recruitment. Made buddies with a hostile government that spread false propaganda to sway our elections. Is removing regulations that have kept wall st somewhat in check for the past few years. Put a bunch of snakes and : or unqualified people into his cabinet that could decimate our education, environment, and economy.
And he’s likely making a fuck load of money off of all of this.
So yeah, the articles are kind of necessary to keep people informed
@Cherry Gavone – Its the magnitude and bizarreness of his actions that make it impossible not to report on. He’s brought this upon himself. Also granted the planet will still be here, maybe, but just think about how many problems will arise in 4 years after he’s had colossal fuckup after colossal fuckup in just 14 DAYS!!!
twice
Yes, I’m sure the many Jews in his inner circle, his converted daughter and his senior advisor are just a red herring.
Fucking morons.
Trump is just the best, isn’t he?
All those black basketball players working for Donald sterling clearly shows he’s not racist right? And his mixed girlfriend/sugar baby? Dumbass.
I have many Jews, I love the Jews so bigly. I have the best jews, so jewy, so much gold.
I assume the “fucking morons” was for all those people that you listed off working for a man who holds Bannon in such high regard . . . And I agree.
No, I mean you idiots that insist the guy hates Jews when he is surrounded by them and placing them in positions of influence, which they are accepting.
@AddMayne I can’t tell if your analogy is a joke or if you’re really that dim? He isn’t fucking them or making money off these people as his employees. They are his inner, fucking, circle.
A well-placed D.C. source says it’s no coincidence that President Trump’s anti-Muslim “travel ban” broke last Friday after senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner, an observant Jew, had checked out for the day. The situation is described by our spy as “a power struggle between two senior advisers” Kushner and former Breitbart chief, Steve Bannon.
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Bannon has never been secretive about his desire to use Trump to bring about his vision of America. He told Vanity Fair last summer that Trump was a “blunt instrument for us … I don’t know whether he really gets it or not.” ………………………………………….And who is the “us” he is speaking of?
Bannon has never been secretive about his desire to use Trump to bring about his vision of America. He told Vanity Fair last summer that Trump was a “blunt instrument for us … I don’t know whether he really gets it or not.” ………………………………………….And who is the “us” he is speaking of?
Enough .’s?