--- title: Donald Trump’s 'Star of David' Tweet Appeared on Racist Site description: An image Donald Trump tweeted that featured the Star of David had appeared on a message board where anti-Semitic messages are often posted canonical: https://time.com/4392387/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-8chan-pol/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-03T17:18:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:49.802Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump’s 'Star of David' Tweet Previously Appeared on Racist Website og:description: Users on the site often post anti-Semitic and racist messages og:url: https://time.com/4392387/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-8chan-pol/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump’s 'Star of David' Tweet Previously Appeared on Racist Website twitter:description: Users on the site often post anti-Semitic and racist messages twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Donald Trump’s 'Star of David' Tweet Previously Appeared on Racist Website > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jul 3, 2016 5:18 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jul 3, 2016 5:18 PM UTC An [image Donald Trump tweeted](http://time.com/4392186/donald-trump-star-of-david-backlash/) Saturday that criticized Hillary Clinton and sparked backlash after it featured a message critics said was in the shape of a Star of David had previously appeared on a message board where racist and anti-Semitic messages are often posted. The meme the presumptive Republican presidential nominee posted on his official Twitter account called Hillary Clinton the “most corrupt candidate ever.” The words in the since-deleted tweet were emblazoned on a six-pointed star. > [](https://twitter.com/Max%5FFisher/status/749244090584272896) The original image appears to have first surfaced over than a week ago on 8chan’s /pol/ board, a website that typically draws neo-Nazis, anti-Semites and white supremacists, [Mic](https://mic.com/articles/147711/donald-trump-s-star-of-david-hillary-clinton-meme-was-created-by-white-supremacists#.3YaMrfz2c) first reported. Other memes on the message board are highly critical of Clinton, immigrants and Muslims, according to [NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-s-star-david-tweet-about-hillary-clinton-posted-n603161?cid=sm%5Ftw). Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to Mic’s or NBC’s requests for comment. \[[_Mic_](https://mic.com/articles/147711/donald-trump-s-star-of-david-hillary-clinton-meme-was-created-by-white-supremacists#.3YaMrfz2c)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4392387/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-8chan-pol/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4392387/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-8chan-pol/"},"headline":"Donald Trump’s 'Star of David' Tweet Previously Appeared on Racist Website","datePublished":"2016-07-03T17:18:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:49.802Z","description":"The since-deleted tweet featured a six-pointed star","url":"https://time.com/4392387/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-8chan-pol/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4392387/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-8chan-pol/","name":"Donald Trump’s 'Star of David' Tweet Previously Appeared on Racist Website"}}]}] ```