Trump and the Jewish Question He scapegoated every other minority. How did Jews get a pass? Jared Kushner, left, with President Trumpâs former chief strategist Steve Bannon in December 2016 American Jews got very lucky, in that our neofascist president spared one group that is reliably scapegoated by historyâs haters. Trump demonized Blacks, Muslims, foreigners, Mexicans, immigrants generally, and âglobalists.â Why not Jews? In the early days of his campaign and his presidency, classic anti-Semitic tropes (as well as classic anti-Semitic thugs) were indeed part of TrumpâÂ...