“Is there anyone in this room who doesn’t negotiate deals?” Donald Trump joked. “Probably more than any room I’ve ever spoken.” | AP Photo Trump concedes he won't win Jewish Republicans But the real estate mogul promises to be 'the best guy' for Israel.

Donald Trump didn't bother to suck up to Republican Jewish Committee board members Thursday morning.

As only he could, the Republican poll-leader lightly insulted the audience with Jewish stereotypes -- and the crowd, if the laughter and energy in the room were any indication, ate it up.


Trump suggested multiple times that the mostly Jewish audience was full of negotiators.

“I’m a negotiator like you folks,” he quipped as cameras flashed from around the room.

He doubled down on that stereotype moments later.

“Is there anyone in this room who doesn’t negotiate deals?” Trump joked. “Probably more than any room I’ve ever spoken.”

The New York City billionaire, who pointed out a friend of his in the front row and seemed quite comfortable, said bluntly that he doesn’t expect to win much support from RJC members but reassured them that his presidency—he told the crowd he’s going to win unless he gets hit by a car—will be good for Israel.

“You’re not going to support me even though I’ll be the best guy for Israel,” he said, even going as far as to suggest his own deal-making skills could foster a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine.

“I believe I could bring the two sides together. It would take six months,” he said.

But when Trump casually stated, “I don’t know that Israel has the commitment to make it,” the room fell silent.

The audience laughed as Trump reprised his “low energy” attack on Jeb Bush and chuckled at a subtle joke about Hillary Clinton’s “interesting friendship” with close aide Huma Abedin.

“You get that?” Trump said, as an aside, to an audience member who was giggling. “A lot of people don’t get that.”

The crowd turned on Trump when he refused to answer a question about whether he’d move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio did earlier.

But when he left the stage after 30 minutes, the crowd cheered.