Former President Donald Trump lashed out at “highly overrated Jewish Governor” of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro while touting his pro-Israel credentials early Thursday, shortly after Shapiro spoke at the Democratic National Convention and accused Trump of trying to curtail people’s freedoms.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United ... [+]
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Shapiro’s speech “really bad and poorly delivered” and attacked him for supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, claiming she “hates Israel.”
Trump asserted he was the “best friend that Israel, and the Jewish people, ever had” and claimed Shapiro’s—who is an observant Jew—refusal to admit this was for “strictly political reasons.”
The former president then insisted he has done more for Israel than any other U.S. president, “and frankly, I have done more for Israel than any person, and it’s not even close.”
Trump then claimed Shapiro “has done nothing for Israel, and never will,” and Harris will “do even less,” before adding “Israel is in BIG trouble!”
Shapiro is the only speaker from the DNC to be so far singled out and attacked by Trump after their speech.
On Wednesday night, the former president shared a TV news graphic that said his name was mentioned more than 200 times in the first two nights of the DNC and wrote “The Democrats are suffering from a MASSIVE case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Get Forbes Breaking News Text Alerts: We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines. Text “Alerts” to (201) 335-0739 or sign up here.
Shapiro’s speech at the DNC heavily focused on “freedom”, which has emerged as one of the themes of the event and Harris’ campaign. After praising Harris, Shapiro called Trump “a man with no guard rails” and claimed he wants to take away “our rights and freedoms.” Shapiro then added: “While he [Trump]
Shapiro was seen as one of the top contenders in the race to become Harris’ running mate, but he eventually lost out to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Since then, several Republicans—including Trump and his running mate JD Vance—have suggested the decision to leave out Shapiro was because of his Jewish ethnicity. Appearing on Fox News earlier this month, Trump said he thought Harris’ decision to go with Walz instead of Shapiro was “insulting to Jewish people.” Shapiro has strongly pushed back this assertion, saying: “Antisemitism played absolutely no role in my dialogue with the vice president.” Earlier this week Shapiro told MSNBC that Trump has “absolutely no credibility to speak about antisemitism or hatred or bigotry in any form, because he is someone who pushes that into the dialogue.”
Walz Blasts Project 2025 As ‘Weird’ And ‘Dangerous’ In DNC Speech (Forbes)
Bill Clinton Takes Crack At Trump’s Hannibal Lecter References In DNC Speech (Forbes)