JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—In his first official visit to Israel, President Donald Trump paid his respects to the victims of the Holocaust with a three-paragraph rant in the guestbook of their national memorial bragging about the size of his electoral college victory. The president's rambling, largely self-referential message also drew several parallels between the treatment of the Jews during World War II and the current scandals surrounding his administration.

"THIS MEMORIAL IS A GREAT, GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE FACE OF PERSECUTION," wrote Trump in his characteristic all-caps at the conclusion of his visit to Yad Vashem. "AND I KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT BEING UNFAIRLY PERSECUTED, BELIEVE ME."



"THE LIBERAL MEDIA AND THE DEMOCRATS KEEP GOING AFTER ME FOR THIS RUSSIA CRAP, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS RETALIATION FOR MY HUGE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VICTORY," the president went on, underlining "huge" for emphasis.

"BUT I WILL PERSEVERE AND PROVE MY INNOCENCE AGAINST THESE CLOWNS, JUST AS THE JEWISH PEOPLE PERSEVERED IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION AND DEATH AT THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS," he added. "NOT THAT I SHOULD EVEN HAVE TO DEFEND MYSELF. IT'S A WITCH HUNT. A TOTAL WITCH HUNT."

Trump concluded with an extended non sequitur about how unfairly the Electoral College "SKEWS FOR THESE DEMOCRAT LOSERS" before suddenly turning to thank his Israeli hosts for the "GREAT, GREAT TIME".

While Trump's guestbook entry has drawn criticism from some observers for its glib and self-congratulatory tone, Yad Vashem chairman Yitzi Shalev praised the president for "at least understanding that the Holocaust was bad".



"He hit on the important stuff: the magnitude of the atrocities, the humanity of the victims, and the importance of facing evil," said Shalev in an interview. "As for all that other stuff he wrote about CNN being 'very Nazi-like'...I...I have no comment."

The president was accompanied during the visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and First Lady Melania Trump. The ceremony was also attended by several White House officials, including Senior Advisor Steve Bannon, who signed the guestbook to comment, "None of this happened".

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