Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE on Saturday tweeted an image accusing Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE of being "corrupt" with a six-pointed star, before deleting it hours later after a loud chorus of backlash.

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The presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s image showd the words “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” on a red six-pointed star that many have pointed out resembles the Star of David, a symbol that appears on the Israeli flag and is commonly associated with Judaism.

The star was superimposed over an image of $100 bills and an image of Clinton often used by her campaign that reads “History made.”

Two hours after the initial post, Trump tweeted a different version of the same image, this time with a circle under the words "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!" instead of the star.

Shortly after the second tweet, Trump deleted the original.

Social media users captured a screenshot of the original tweet before it was deleted, and many people shared the two side-by-side:

You KNOW this is coming in 3…2…1… pic.twitter.com/tiRm0CNe6D — (((Charles Gaba))) (@charles_gaba) July 2, 2016

The original image drew immediate backlash on Twitter. Josh Schwerin, a communications staffer for Clinton's campaign, asked why a Star of David was used on the image.

Why is there a Star of David? https://t.co/CMidmfHbjg — Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) July 2, 2016

Political columnist Ana Marie Cox said the "Symbolism here is pretty... unsubtle.”

Symbolism here is pretty... unsubtle. https://t.co/VRWun8bnmg — Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) July 2, 2016

Several anti-Trump Republican analysts and staffers have responded to the post, including GOP strategist Patrick Ruffini, who called the tweet "anti-Semitic."

Using Star of David symbol with the word "corrupt" --> https://t.co/YWT9vCDQBa — (((PatrickRuffini))) (@PatrickRuffini) July 2, 2016

19 minutes after Trump's anti-Semitic dog whistling tweet, and it's still up. #NewTrump — (((PatrickRuffini))) (@PatrickRuffini) July 2, 2016

Idiot who panders to bigots tweets antisemitic image suggesting Hillary is bought by Jews (that's a Star of David). https://t.co/NzLdQF3TOh — (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 2, 2016

Putting "corrupt" in the Star of David. Totally not anti-Semitic though. #NeverTrump https://t.co/O9fWXnZ1y9 — Kyle Foley (@KFoleyFL) July 2, 2016

Many journalists have also taken to Twitter to question or criticize Trump's post.

Cool Star of David bro https://t.co/1ud2ziDNkn — David A. Graham (@GrahamDavidA) July 2, 2016

Star of David on a bed of dollars FTW! https://t.co/07LN21lR3C — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 2, 2016

Why is there a Star of David where it says "most corrupt candidate ever" ??? https://t.co/MsOJ6m1vjR — Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) July 2, 2016

- Updated at 12:10 p.m.