--- title: Donald Trump Accused of Anti-Semitism in Star of David Tweet description: Donald Trump sparked backlash when he tweeted an image calling Hillary Clinton the “most corrupt candidate ever" over a Star of David. canonical: https://time.com/4392186/donald-trump-star-of-david-backlash/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-02T17:19:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:01:26.789Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Accused of Anti-Semitism After Star of David Tweet og:description: Trump included the star and a pile of money in an image calling Clinton "corrupt" og:url: https://time.com/4392186/donald-trump-star-of-david-backlash/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e009fe0a7e34b0c/69889a79428a9e4593cd349f/trump-anti-semitic-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Accused of Anti-Semitism After Star of David Tweet twitter:description: Trump included the star and a pile of money in an image calling Clinton "corrupt" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e009fe0a7e34b0c/69889a79428a9e4593cd349f/trump-anti-semitic-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Tweets and Deletes Image Labeled Anti-Semitic  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 2, 2016 5:19 PM UTC  Donald Trump speaks during the opening session of the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, CO, July 1, 2016. Donald Trump speaks during the opening session of the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, CO, July 1, 2016.David Zalubowski—AP  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 2, 2016 5:19 PM UTC Presumed GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump sparked backlash on Saturday when he [tweeted an image](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/749235486389043200) calling Hillary Clinton the “most corrupt candidate ever,” with the words emblazoned on a Star of David. The background was a pile of $100 bills. The tweet, sent from his official account at 9:37 with the words “Crooked Hillary – – Makes History!”, was later deleted, but not before screenshots tore through the Twitterverse. At 11:19 a.m., Trump’s account tweeted the same image, except the Star of David had been replaced by a circle. Two hashtags were added: #ImWithYou and #AmericaFirst. At the bottom were recent numbers from a [Fox News poll](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/29/fox-news-poll-clinton-up-by-6-points-89-percent-say-hot-headed-describes-trump.html) in which a majority of respondents described Clinton as corrupt. Critics quickly denounced the use of the Jewish symbol as anti-Semitic and denounced the revision: two points of the star were still visible. **Read more:** [The Long History Behind Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ Foreign Policy](http://time.com/4273812/america-first-donald-trump-history/) > [](https://twitter.com/Max%5FFisher/status/749244090584272896) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/749261175968436224) Josh Schwerin, a spokesman for Clinton’s campaign, [questioned the use of the star](https://twitter.com/JoshSchwerin/status/749239675546722304). Others more specifically accused Trump of anti-Semitism. **Read more:** [Donald Trump’s Complicated Relationship With Jewish Voters](http://time.com/4254408/donald-trump-jewish-people-florida/) > [](https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/749263960818454529) > [](https://twitter.com/PatrickRuffini/status/749240541158703104) > [](https://twitter.com/marclamonthill/status/749254191433080836) > [](https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/749267123856302081) > [](https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/749267983629824001) Donald Trump Accused of Anti-Semitism in Star of David Tweet ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4392186/donald-trump-star-of-david-backlash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4392186/donald-trump-star-of-david-backlash/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Tweets and Deletes Image Labeled Anti-Semitic","datePublished":"2016-07-02T17:19:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:01:26.789Z","description":"Trump included the star and a pile of money in an image calling Clinton \"corrupt\"","url":"https://time.com/4392186/donald-trump-star-of-david-backlash/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e009fe0a7e34b0c/69889a79428a9e4593cd349f/trump-anti-semitic-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e009fe0a7e34b0c/69889a79428a9e4593cd349f/trump-anti-semitic-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Donald Trump speaks during the opening session of the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, CO, July 1, 2016.","creditText":"David Zalubowski—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4392186/donald-trump-star-of-david-backlash/","name":"Donald Trump Tweets and Deletes Image Labeled Anti-Semitic"}}]}] ```