--- title: Donald Trump Speaks on Anti-Semitism After Museum Tour description: President Donald Trump toured the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, where he denounced bigotry. canonical: https://time.com/4677240/donald-trump-anti-semitism-remarks-african-american-museum/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-21T17:30:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T12:09:16.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Trump's Remarks on Anti-Semitism og:description: "This tour was a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry." og:url: https://time.com/4677240/donald-trump-anti-semitism-remarks-african-american-museum/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5917f127d500feeb/6988bb29196cf42ee303ef33/donald-trump12.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: President Trump Visits African-American Museum in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Trump's Remarks on Anti-Semitism twitter:description: "This tour was a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5917f127d500feeb/6988bb29196cf42ee303ef33/donald-trump12.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Trump's Remarks on Anti-Semitism > Sponsored content. 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Pool—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:09 PM UTCPublished: Feb 21, 2017 5:30 PM UTC [President Trump](http://time.com/4677042/donald-trump-impeachment-book/) on Tuesday toured the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, where he [denounced bigotry](http://time.com/4676837/donald-trump-anti-semitism-threats/?xid=homepage) and called recent anti-Semitic threats and [incidents of vandalism](http://time.com/4676540/antisemitism-missouri-vandalism-jewish-cemetery/) made to Jewish centers “horrible.” In remarks he made at the tail-end of his visit, Trump said he was “deeply proud” of the museum, which he said served as a “beautiful tribute to so many American heroes,” including Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and Rosa Parks. He also pledged to continue fighting for “freedom for African-Americans and for every American.” “This tour was a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms,” Trump said. 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