--- 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: 2026-08-19T07:45:59.581Z 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Tweets and Deletes Image Labeled Anti-Semitic > Sponsored content. 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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 At 11:19 a.m., Trump’s account tweeted the same image, except the Star of David had been replaced by a circle.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) ```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":"2026-08-19T07:45:59.581Z","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"],"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"}}]}] ```