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During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," the head of the Anti-Defamation League scorched Donald Trump for trying to tell American Jews how to vote when he has a long history of consorting with white supremacists.

Speaking with co-host Joe Scarborough, ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt first listened to a recording to the former president telling podcast host Sebastian Gorka recently, "Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion, hates everything about Israel and they should be ashamed of themselves."

Asked for comment, he replied, "Well, there's a lot there; let me try to break it down. First, with respect to what President Trump said, obviously, it is patently false and prejudicial."

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"It is bigotry to say that Jews hate Israel if they vote for the Democratic Party," he continued. "I don't need President Trump or any politician to lecture me on how I am supposed to vote. Israel has been a bipartisan concern for decades and decades and decades. There's been consensus on supporting the Jewish state because it is a democracy, because it is our best ally in the Middle East, because it is committed to the same kind of values America is committed to."

"For that reason, again, Democrats and Republicans have been good on Israel," he added. "Look, the person who dines with [white supremacist] Nick Fuentes, you know it is calling the kettle black to tell us what is anti-Semitic. I mean, give me a break. really?"

Former President Donald Trump is about to hit the jackpot with Truth Social, but he might not be able to use that windfall to save himself from his financial crunch.

Investors are expected to approve an agreement Friday to take Trump Media & Technology Group public, which would set up a multibillion-dollar payout for the former president, but his stake in the company that operates Truth Social would be locked down for most of the year to prevent shares from tanking, reported Politico.

Reflecting on a decision by the now Donald Trump-controlled Republican National Committee to give the former president first shot at donations to pay his legal bills, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough called it a "nightmare" on multiple fronts for the GOP and Trump himself.

The "Morning Joe" co-host pounced on Trump's massive debts, his inability to come up with nearly half a billion in cash he needs to appeal his financial fraud penalty and his declining small donor base on Friday morning.

If Donald Trump finds himself so desperate that he considers parting with his cherished Mar-a-Lago estate to pay off the $464 fraud bond due on Monday, it would have him selling a "crime scene," as former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner explained in his recent YouTube episode of "Justice Matters."

"Donald Trump is now squarely in 'find out' territory... If he unloads Mar-a-Lago, you realize he's actually selling a crime scene," he said. "He is selling the scene of his crimes of unlawfully retaining classified documents of obstructing justice, of violating our nation's espionage laws."