--- title: Donald Trump Responds to 'Star of David' Tweet Backlash description: Donald Trump has responded to backlash over an image he tweeted that criticized Hillary Clinton and featured a Star of David shape. canonical: https://time.com/4392650/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-response/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-04T15:22:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:59.302Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Says He Used a 'Sheriff's Star' in Clinton Tweet og:description: And blames "dishonest media" for saying it was a Star of David og:url: https://time.com/4392650/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-response/ 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 Says He Used a 'Sheriff's Star' in Clinton Tweet twitter:description: And blames "dishonest media" for saying it was a Star of David twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Donald Trump Says Six-Pointed Star in Clinton Tweet Was 'Sheriff's Star' > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 4, 2016 3:22 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 4, 2016 3:22 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4392409/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-feminist/) has defended an image he tweeted Saturday criticizing [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4392196/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-investigation-interview/) and featuring what many are calling a [Star of David shape](http://time.com/4392387/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-8chan-pol/?xid=homepage). “Dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as the Star of David rather than a Sheriff’s Star, or plain star!,” read a [tweet posted on his official Twitter account](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/749961528422625281) Monday. The original tweet — which has since been deleted — placed a red six-pointed star containing the words, “Most corrupt candidate ever,” next to a picture of Clinton over a background of $100 bills. It has been reported that the image had [previously appeared on a message board](http://time.com/4392387/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-8chan-pol/?xid=homepage) associated with the white supremacist movement. > [](https://twitter.com/Max%5FFisher/status/749244090584272896) The presumptive Republican presidential nominee later replaced the post with an image featuring a circle rather than the star. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/749261175968436224) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4392650/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-response/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4392650/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-response/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Says Six-Pointed Star in Clinton Tweet Was 'Sheriff's Star'","datePublished":"2016-07-04T15:22:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:59.302Z","description":"And blames \"dishonest media\" for saying it was a Star of David","url":"https://time.com/4392650/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-response/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election","2016 presidential election","presidential candidates"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4392650/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-response/","name":"Donald Trump Says Six-Pointed Star in Clinton Tweet Was 'Sheriff's Star'"}}]}] ```