IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL YOU TREAT JEWS LIKE MEXICANS:

Instead of usual applause lines, The Donald chose to invoke borderline anti-Semitic stereotypes and bypassed Middle East policy softball questions that are dear to this audience.

"You're not going to support me because I don't want your money," Trump teased the crowd of 700 Republican Jewish Coalition activists and top donors gathered in Washington to hear all 14 presidential candidates give their spiel. "You're not going to support me even though I'm the best thing that will ever happen to Israel," Trump went on, explaining that Jewish voters "want to control" their politicians by the donations they give them.

Trump, seemingly unaware of the stereotypes he had been referring to, sought time and again to establish a kinship with the Jewish audience based on shared negotiating skills. "I'm a negotiator, like you folks," Trump said, later turning to the crowd and asking: "Is there anyone in this room who doesn't negotiate deals? Probably more than any room I've ever spoken."

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