Trump says Jewish voters will bear ‘a lot’ of blame if he loses election as he complains about lack of support

Donald Trump said Jewish voters will be partly to blameif he loses the 2024 presidential election, as he complained about their lack of support for him.

The Republican presidential nominee was speaking at two events in Washington, DC, on Thursday night — one at a summit about tackling antisemitism and another at the Israeli-American Council — where he repeatedly claimed he is backed by 40 percent of American Jewish voters.

“If I don’t win this election, and the Jewish people would really have a lot to do with that if that happens, because at 40 percent, that means 60 percent of the people are voting for the enemy,” he told the audience of prominent Jewish Republicans.

However, according to the latest research, Jewish voters favor Kamala Harris for president over Trump by 65 percent to 34 percent, Pew Research Center’s survey found.

Lamenting how Jewish Americans favor Harris, the former president claimed Democrats have “a curse” on Jewish voters. “That means you’ve got 60 percent voted for somebody that hates Israel. And I say it — it’s going to happen — it’s only because of the Democrat hold or curse on you,” he said. “You can’t let this happen. Forty percent is not acceptable, because we have an election to win.”

He added: “I will put it to you very simply and gently: I really haven’t been treated right, but you haven’t been treated right, because you’re putting yourself in great danger.”

Trump also claimed he had “been the best president for Israel by far” and that Israel faces “total annihilation” if Harris is elected in November. “Rockets will rain down from above until the Iron Dome has been exhausted,” he said.

Trump made similar attacks on Harris and Joe Biden at both events, criticizing how the administration