Donald Trump Skips White House Passover Seder

[riversedge]

Source: Huff post




04/11/2017 08:36 am ET | Updated 18 minutes ago
Donald Trump Skips White House Passover Seder
Better leave *two* seats empty at the White House Passover Seder this year.


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Obama both hosted and attended the Passover dinner every year of his presidency, a first for a sitting president. The tradition began during the 2008 presidential campaign, when he and several Jewish staffers held an impromptu Seder in Pennsylvania hotel.

Trump officially hosted Monday night’s Seder, but neither he nor his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner ― who are Jewish― joined. According to his schedule, the president is having dinner with military leaders on Tuesday, so it seems unlikely he’ll attend a Seder then, either.

His absence was surprising to people who thought he would attend because of his fraught history with Jewish people. Notably, his campaign received widespread endorsement from Nazi groups and anti-Semitic figures like David Duke and Richard Spencer. Trump eventually denounced their support, but that didn’t stop him from later using an anti-Semitic image in an tweet criticizing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Trump has also been criticized by Jewish groups who liken his Syrian refugee ban to Holocaust-era policies. Trump’s America First slogan has anti-Semitic roots, too: It was popularized by citizens who opposed U.S. involvement in World War II. And the president even commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day with a statement that didn’t actually mention the Jewish people.
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Elayne Clift‏ @elayne_clift 14h14 hours ago

Replying to @PressSec @WhiteHouse

Where is "First Jewish Family" - Ivanka/Jared? Rest of staff? Prez? Insulting photo op !
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Ron Kaniuk Personal‏ @RonKaniuk 14h14 hours ago

Replying to @PressSec @WhiteHouse

Where's Bannon? Lol.
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Tom W‏ @spokanetom 13h13 hours ago

He's at a KKK rally oh my God too funny

[greymattermom]

1. So who was there?

It's really odd that Jared and Ivanka didn't attend. They must have attended a Seder somewhere else.

[PSPS]

4. Not odd at all.

I know many Jewish people who don't go to temple, Seder, etc.

[LeftInTX]

10. Jared is a practicing orthodox

Trump loses him every Saturday

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. He went to Jared. nt

[Initech]

3. What would a dick do?

[lark]

5. That's always the relevant question when talking about the entire drumpf family.

Entitled, greedy, asshole, deplorables, every single one of them!

[riversedge]

7. agree.

[Initech]

8. Bill Maher's new rule this week was 100% spot on:

[C Moon]

6. That's because if he sat there too long, his skin would begin to smoke.

[Paladin]

9. Whoa! trump didn't dispatch the Jewish kids to cover this?

I guess Ivanka and Jared were too busy deciding who we should bomb next, to bother with spiritual matters.

And once again, Obama makes trump look like a pile of shit, by comparison.

[Gothmog]

11. President Obama may have been our first Jewish POTUS

[msongs]

12. its not a big deal. if you're not jewish its irrelevant. nt

[jmowreader]

13. He found out there wouldn't be ham on the menu

[Scarsdale]

14. Escorts

having a dinner would get tRump's attention. He might go to see how many he has "hired" over the years.

[oberliner]

15. Zero problem with this

Lots of things to get on Trump about. This isn't one of them.

[mwooldri]

16. So the "Muslim" (he's not) President is more Jewish...

... than #45, who has actual Jewish connections?

Yeah. Ram yet another nail into the "Kenyan Muslim President" coffin for me. And chalk one more up for Obama being a decent all round guy.

[Odoreida]

17. OK, so Obama's no Muslim ...

By Republican logic this proves Trump is a Muslim.

[kskiska]

18. Jared and Ivanka are spending Passover at a Canadian ski resort.

Besides, he would really rather have steak.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-passover-tourism-canada/

[MADem]

19. CANADA? So much for "buy American...."

How much will the Secret Service for that junket cost?

And if another Conald grandkid breaks a leg, will the SS take them to the hospital as well?