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Trump Un-Retweets Left-Wing Anti-Zionist Max Blumenthal

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June 19, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 18: U.S. President Donald Trump put his phone in his pocket during a roundtable at the State Dining Room of the White House June 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump held a roundtable discussion with Governors and small business owners on the reopening of American’s small business. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

(JTA) — By late Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump had un-retweeted a message by prominent anti-Zionist Max Blumenthal about John Bolton.

On Thursday morning, Trump retweeted Blumenthal’s critique of Bolton, even though Blumenthal is a strident critic of Israel and of American foreign policy. His 2013 book “Goliath” criticizes Israel with terms used about the Holocaust.

Read more about the tweet here.

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