'Jared's more loyal to Israel than the United States': Trump evoked anti-Semitic trope to joke about Jewish son-in-law, new Woodward book claims Former President Donald Trump evoked an anti-Semitic trope when describing his son-in-law Jared Kushner 'Jared's more loyal to Israel than the United States,' Trump remarked in a meeting, according to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Bob Costa Using the dual allegiance trope 'has been used to harass, marginalize and persecute the Jewish people for centuries,' said the Anti-Defamation League By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 14:45 BST, 17 September 2021 | Updated: 15:26 BST, 17 September 2021 7 Viewcomments Former President Donald Trump evoked an anti-Semitic trope when describing his son-in-law Jared Kushner to journalists Bob Woodward and Bob Costa, according to the duo's new book, 'Peril.' '"You know," Trump joked in another meeting, mocking his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who was raised in a modern Orthodox Jewish family and was working on Middle East peace, "Jared's more loyal to Israel than the United States,"' Woodward and Costa wrote, according to Insider. Suggesting that American Jews are more loyal to Israel than the United States or hold a dual allegiance 'has been used to harass, marginalize and persecute the Jewish people for centuries,' the Anti-Defamation League told Insider. Former President Donald Trump evoked an anti-Semitic trope when describing his son-in-law Jared Kushner to journalists Bob Woodward and Bob Costa, according to the duo's new book, 'Peril' Jared Kushner, who is Jewish, worked during the Trump administration to establish Middle East peace It's the idea that Jews are more loyal to their religion than their country - and thus can't be trusted. The Nazis used similar charges of 'dual loyalty' to suggest Jews were traitors - leading to the eventual Holocaust. After Israel was founded after World War II, the charge turned into Jews being more loyal to Israel than their own countries. The New York Times reported in 2019 that the smear is often used by 'white supremacists who claim there is a secret plot orchestrated by Jews to replace white people through mass migration and racial integration.' The Times wrote about the vilification of Jews in this fashion on the heels of Trump saying that American Jews who voted for Democrats were disloyal. He said there was a 'total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,' highlighting controversial comments made by Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who are Muslim. Additionally, Tlaib is of Palestinian descent. The former president and his Republican allies have called Democrats who have been critical of Israel's government anti-Semitic. Meanwhile, Trump has deployed the anti-Semitic dual loyalty trope on several occassion. Earlier in 2019, Trump was speaking to Jewish Americans at an event sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition and referred to Israel's then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as 'your prime minister.' Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility