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Real Housewives of New Jersey star Siggy Flicker has long supported Donald Trump and told Newsweek "he was the greatest president in the history of America."
The former U.S. president faced backlash when he took aim at "liberal Jews" in a post to his Truth Social website on Sunday during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and the start of the faith's High Holy Days.
Trump had shared an image of a flyer that listed claims of his achievements for Jewish people in the U.S. and Israel. In his post, Trump added a caption where he accused "liberal Jews" of ruining the country because they "believed false narratives."
Flicker then took to her own social media accounts to confirm she was the author of the original flyer.
"It was my post that got 'retruthed' by the greatest president in the history of America and the greatest friend to the Jewish people and State of Israel. It's all true," Flicker told Newsweek.
But their friendship did not start there. The dating coach-turned-reality TV star often shares photos of her posing with Trump at parties, on his golf courses, campaign events and even from his private jet.
"I voted Republican for the first time in my life," Flicker told Newsweek, about her decision to vote for Trump in the 2016 presidential elections.
Flicker was born in Israel to a Holocaust survivor and is a spokeswoman for #Jexit, which is an acronym for, Jews Exiting the Democrat Party. The organization's mission claims "to help educate and encourage Jews to understand and be fully cognizant of the fact that the Democrat Party has abandoned them and Israel."
In her role, Flicker supports organizations combating the rise in antisemitism around the world, "as well as the survival of Israel and condemning anti-Zionism," according to #Jexit's website.
She claimed Trump had "done more for Jewish people than any other president" and should get more recognition for doing so.
"It's not fair that he doesn't get the Jewish vote, not that he needs it," Flicker explained. "He is the least antisemitic and least racist person."
The reality star first got to know Trump after he became president through her good friend and the former president's lawyer, Alina Habba.
"We've had dinners with him. I've flown on his airplane to rallies with him and when we went to South Carolina, we drove for 30 mins in the car and people were standing in the street the entire way. He is the most popular president whether you like him or not," Flicker said.
Flicker often boasts about Trump on social media, including writing, "Thank you President Trump for really caring about America," in an Instagram post from July.
She added: "Thank you for allowing us to experience a president that wasn't a lifelong politician, but a lifelong American."
But her support of the former Republican frontrunner has earned her plenty of criticism and she even had to deny she attended the January 6 insurrection at Capitol Hill.
In early January 2021, some social media users claimed to have spotted her at the riots, saying they saw her in an Instagram video. But despite describing the rioters at the Capitol as "patriots" on Instagram, she vowed she was not there herself.
"I'm getting fake news alerts again," the ex-Bravo star said in a video shared to her Instagram and X, formerly Twitter, accounts on January 13, 2021. "Don't believe all the bulls–t that's out there. I've been in Florida since Dec. 3."
Flicker joined the cast of the Bravo reality series for its seventh season in 2016, but quit after her second series, saying she wanted to focus on her business and family.
During her time on the show, Flicker clashed with co-star Margaret Josephs where she accused the latter of being antisemitic after she made a controversial comment about Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
They had clashed heads over Flicker's decision to walk in the Posche fashion show because the "housewives" believed the boutique owner had spread rumors about castmate Teresa Giudice's marriage.
Flicker defended her actions, saying she did not judge the brand for its actions, then Josephs made the comment: "But Siggy, Hitler would have not killed me. Does that make him a good person?"
Flicker said later in the episode she was very hurt by Josephs' comments.
"The first time Margaret referenced Hitler, I was in such a shock I couldn't speak," Flicker explained.
"Margaret will always go below the belt to hurt me. The fact that she would say Hitler's name when she knows I'm a super Jew? My father's a Holocaust survivor. What kind of person has Hitler on their mind? I want to call Margaret out about how insensitive it was to reference Hitler when we were talking about a fashion show."
Josephs eventually said sorry to Flicker, who seemed to accept the apology.
"Last night you gave me a heartfelt apology that was sincere and I thank you for that," she said in a later episode.
"I needed time to process that. I'm still upset. I don't think anybody should ever reference Hitler. I said it in the heat of the moment, but I don't think that you're antisemitic. I don't believe that Margaret is antisemitic, I believe that Margaret is anti-Siggy."
UPDATE 9/19/2023 10:45 a.m.: This story was updated to include comment from Flicker.
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