In an Anti-Semitic Tweet Donald Trump Claims That He Is Much Smarter Than Jon Stewart

[Brimley]

The ugly racism of Donald Trump reared its head again, as the bigoted billionaire went on the attack against Jon Stewart for being Jewish.

Here is the tweet:

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

I promise you that I'm much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz - I mean Jon Stewart @TheDailyShow. Who, by the way, is totally overrated.

12:39 PM - 24 Apr 2013

Trump’s claim that he's “much smarter” than Stewart could be easily dismissed as more delusion from a serial D-list attention seeker, but his anti-semitism can’t be overlooked. In the year 2013 is it really necessary to point out that Jon Stewart is Jewish? Does the fact that Stewart is Jewish somehow confirm Trump’s argument that he is smarter than Stewart?

Someone really needs to tell Donald Trump that being Jewish isn’t a bad thing, but that being a disgusting bigot is.

http://www.politicususa.com/anti-semitic-tweet-donald-trump-claims-smarter-jon-stewart.html

Yeah, Donnie, like Stewart has tried so very hard to conceal his Jewishness!!!

[liberal N proud]

1. Money does not equate to intelligence

Trump might be jealous of Stewart's popularity.

[TheDebbieDee]

2. I think Donald Trump desperately needs the free and negative attention he receives

when he picks a fight with another celebrity.............

Let's see if and how Jon Stewart parries.

[mucifer]

3. He's just looking for publicity. It's been a little while since his name has been in the news.

He thrives on that crap. I hope Stewart doesn't bite. That would drive trump crazy.

[monmouth3]

4. As I stated in another thread about this, Jon has more brains in his pinky than that a$$hole. n/t

[Jenoch]

5. Why does Jon Stewart

not use his real name? That is not an anti-semitic question. I can understand why an entertainer would anglicize their name years ago, but in this day an age, when we had a Jewish vice-presidential candidate? By the way, until reading this post I was unaware of Jon Stewart's religious affiliation.

[Brimley]

7. You're kidding, right?

I mean, Jon's only mentioned his ethnicity 14,688 times on The Daily Show alone!

[Jenoch]

8. I don't have cable.

[Brimley]

10. Ooops!

Sorry

[mucifer]

9. Stewart is his middle name. Lots of actors change their names.

[Jenoch]

11. Yeah,

and he is 50. I wonder about actors starting out now if they still feel the need to anglicize their names. I have a rather ethnic east European surname so I guess the question interests me more than maybe others.

[Bicoastal]

14. As someone whose last name is also long and Ashkenazic:

I think it's a combination of avoiding misspellings/mispronunciations and making sure people don't think 70-year-old CPA when they hear your name. If you're an up-and-coming young comedian, these are not small considerations.

Then again, Stewart has been in show biz for awhile now; in an age where a president can wear the name Barack Obama with pride, it's possible he wouldn't have changed it if he was just breaking in today.

[Jenoch]

16. I'm from Minnesota,

a state with a Jewish population of less than 1%. Interestingly, we have had three Jewish U.S. Senators all holding the same seat.

[Gormy Cuss]

23. He does use his real name. Stewart has been his legal surname for a decade.

If you're asking why he adopted a stage name, it's common and the reasons for the change are numerous.
What's ridiculous about Trump's tweet is that he's highlighting Stewart's Jewishness, as if Stewart has tried to hide it.

[SunSeeker]

6. Only stupid people brag about how smart they are. nt

[Jenoch]

12. The only thing I find interesting about

Donald Trump is his hair. Does he wear that mop like Samson? Is he afraid he would lose all of his wealth and fame if he had it styled into something that is not ridiculous?

[marble falls]

13. I wish he'd run for office so he could be fired,

[no_hypocrisy]

15. How Donald Trump views himself, the epitomy of WASP:

[vinny9698]

17. Another rich spoiled brat, without his Daddy's money, he would be a nobody

Mitt, Donald, Koch brothers all born into rich families and now feel like they are some God's gift to us. If it wasn't for their daddy's money and connections these idiots would be living in a trailer park, collecting food stamps.

[yurbud]

20. like Molly Ivins said about Baby Bush: "He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple."

[Ash_F]

18. You tell 'em, Donald. At least you are not overrated.

[Stuart G]

19. This fine comment by Trump..will lower his rating futher..

good...and, I know that he does not apologize.

[yurbud]

21. The Donald is the white trash of the wealthy (no offense to actual white trash)

Baby Bush, the Donald, and Mittens are proof that there isn't enough water in the gene pool at the country club.

[LostOne4Ever]

22. When Donald Trump

Provides the LONG FORM of his birth record, along with his school records proving that his father is not an orangutan, then I might consider the possibility of him having an IQ higher than 2. Till then someone give Donald Chump a banana.