Trump, asked about anti-Semitism, brags about election victory

President Donald Trump, during a joint news conference Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, bragged about his Electoral College victory in the 2016 election when asked a question about an increase in anti-Semitic incidents since Trump’s political rise.

“I just want to say that we are very honored by the victory that we had, 306 Electoral College votes,” Trump said. “We were not supposed to crack 220, you know that, right? There was no way to 221; then they said there’s no way to 270. There was tremendous enthusiasm out there.”


The president then said he would bring peace, stop crime and “do everything in our power” to stop long-simmering racism.

“As far as people, Jewish people, so many friends, a daughter who happens to be here right now, a son-in-law and three beautiful grandchildren,” Trump said. “I think that you’re going to see a lot different United States of America over the next three, four, or eight years. … You’re going to see a lot of love.”

The Anti-Defamation League said on Twitter that Trump’s refusal to condemn anti-Semitism was “troubling.”

Troubling that @POTUS failed to condemn real issue of anti-Semitism in US today — ADL (@ADL_National) February 15, 2017