Jake Turx, a correspondent for an Orthodox Jewish magazine in Brooklyn, was berated by Donald Trump at a news conference Thursday while trying to ask the president about a wave of bomb threats last month at Jewish venues. Trump stopped Turx, saying it was “not a fair question.” “Sit down,” the president commanded. Trump said, “So here’s the story, folks. No. 1, I am the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life. No. 2, racism, the least racist person.”
But Turx was not accusing Trump of anti-Semitism, reports the New York Times. It was a legitimate inquiry about coordinated telephone bomb threats o The Anti-Defamation League responded, “It is mind-boggling why President Trump prefers to shout down a reporter or brush this off as a political distraction.” Turx told the Times, “Regretfully, today was a day I wish we could have done over.”