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  • 2017-05-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Presidents Obama and Trump Write Wildly Different Entries in the Yad Yashem Guestbook? (en)
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  • A graphic purportedly showing the messages penned by President Trump and President Obama during their respective visits to Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, appeared on social media in May 2017: This image accurately shows what Trump and Obama wrote in the Yad Vashem guest book. President Trump visited Yad Vashem on 23 May 2017. He delivered a speech at the memorial and signed the guest book. Haaretz, a news outlet in the middle east, posted an image of Trump's message:The text of Obama's message is also accurate. Obama visited Yad Vashem in July 2008, when he was a presidential candidate. Haaretz also published an image of this message:Much ado was made about the differences between the messages written by President Trump and Obama after visiting Yad Vashem. The Washington Post noted that Trump's tight schedule may have contributed to the brevity and oddly cheerful tone of his message: In 2008, George W. Bush left an even shorter note than Trump's (although without the current president's signature exclamation marks): God bless Israel. Here are a few other messages penned by United States politicians in the Yad Vashem guest book: (en)
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