After being called out for making a series of anti-Semitic jokes before the Republican Jewish Coalition, Donald Trump attempted to defend-via-deflection by reminding his critics that he was about to go to Israel and meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Not but two days ago he boasted of it again on Twitter:
Prior to the end of the year, I will be traveling to Israel. I am very much looking forward to it.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2015
However, in the wake of his continued defense of his plan to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, Netanyahu’s representatives used the Israeli Prime Minister’s official Twitter account to condemn Trump’s proposal:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Donald Trump's recent remarks about Muslims.
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) December 9, 2015
The denouncement appears to have hurt the Donald’s feeling, as he announced this morning that he was cancelling his trip:
I have decided to postpone my trip to Israel and to schedule my meeting with @Netanyahu at a later date after I become President of the U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2015
How very magnanimous of him.
