But he says America first. People hear that and associate “White people” first.
Jews today are white until White is a thing in itself.
There were swastikas all over NY subways recently. I don’t know how frequent this is but the president’s silence in antisemitism is taken as support.
He had a chance to say something against it and instead spoke against Jews.
It’s not like his words and behavior have no affect on the states and their success at mitigating the threats.
If the big guy in office says that it’s okay then that may override local govt efforts.