Trump was trying to be kind (by telling the truth) as he spoke at a Ford Motor Company manufacturing plant. So of course, those who believe the sun rise and falls on their feelings had to chime in:
US President Donald Trump lauded the “good bloodlines” of notorious anti-Semite Henry Ford on Thursday, drawing immediate rebuke from American Jewish groups.
“The company, founded by a man named Henry Ford,” Trump said after touring a Ford Motor Company plant in Michigan. “Good bloodlines, good bloodlines. If you believe in that stuff, you got good blood.”
Ford is famous for disseminating anti-Semitic writings, including “The International Jew,” which was published by the Ford-owned Dearborn Independent newspaper in four volumes.
He also funded the printing of half a million copies of the anti-Semitic hoax “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” in the 1920s. The text blamed Jews for trying to achieve global hegemony and influenced Adolf Hitler.
The head of the Anti-Defamation League Jonathan Greenblatt called on Trump to apologize, noting Ford’s famous belief in the genetic superiority of the white race.
“Henry Ford was …
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