U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, Colorado, U.S., July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking 
 
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted an image of rival Hillary Clinton alongside hundred-dollar bills and a Jewish star bearing the words “most corrupt candidate ever!”, prompting outrage and bafflement on social media. 
 
 Two hours after his initial tweet, Trump tweeted a similar image in which the six-pointed Star of David - which appears on Israel’s flag and which Jews were forced to wear on their clothing by the Nazis during the Holocaust - was replaced by a circle. The original tweet was deleted. 
 
 Critics said the image featuring the star harkened back to centuries-old anti-Semitic stereotypes, such as the belief that Jews are greedy. 
 
 “Just saw #DonaldTrump’s Star of David tweet. I’m impressed by his ability to find a way to insult literally every kind of human being,” screenwriter Cole Haddon wrote on Twitter. 
 
 “A Star of David, a pile of cash, and suggestions of corruption. Donald Trump again plays to the white supremacists,” wrote Erick Erickson, a conservative radio host who has been critical of Trump. 
 
 The tweets originated from Trump’s account, @realDonaldTrump, and no other users were mentioned in them. It was not clear whether someone inside Trump’s campaign made the image or whether he found it somewhere else. Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for Trump, did not respond to a request for comment. 
 
 The presumptive Republican nominee has been trying to assuage fears within his own party that he is alienating potential voters with offensive statements about Muslims, Latinos and women. Last month, Trump fired his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and began delivering speeches using a teleprompter, an abrupt change in style that was seen as an attempt to appear more presidential ahead of the Nov. 8 election. 
 
 Saturday’s tweet was a reminder of the unrestrained side of Trump. The candidate has mocked a disabled newspaper reporter, referred to undocumented immigrants from Mexico as “rapists” and recently pointed to a black man in the crowd at one of his rallies and called him “my African-American.” 

 Accusing rival Hillary Clinton of corruption, Donald Trump sent a controversial tweet Saturday morning using a six-pointed Star of David -- a well-known Jewish symbol -- overlaid on piles of money. 
 
 (The original tweet has since been deleted.) 
 
 The graphic appears to be photoshopped from several different elements, including a Fox News poll that found 58 percent of voters believed Clinton to be "corrupt." It's juxtaposed against a photo of Clinton and a riff off her own campaign statement about making history as the first presumptive female nominee of a major party. 
 
 Next to Clinton is a red six-pointed Star of David with text reading "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!" Hundred-dollar bills are scattered in the photo behind her. 
 
 It raised the eyebrows of more than a few Twitter users. 
 
 Some interesting graphic design choices here. https://t.co/wzOCScRwA5 — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 2, 2016 
 
 Several bluntly called the tweet anti-Semitic. 
 
 Interesting to see a major party nominee leverage the antisemitism meme so aggressively: pic.twitter.com/LmHZWegQte — Prof. Jeff Brexit (@ProfJeffJarviss) July 2, 2016 
 
 pen and pixel antisemitism https://t.co/Lt1Q9MJqtp — Rembert Browne (@rembert) July 2, 2016 
 
 A Clinton campaign staffer and an economic policy adviser also weighed in: 
 
 Why is there a Star of David? https://t.co/CMidmfHbjg — Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) July 2, 2016 
 
 .@realDonaldTrump will deport 11M; attack judges heritage; bar Muslims. This new divisive dogwhistle isnt surprise: pic.twitter.com/3tiOTcC9PZ — Michael Shapiro (@mpshapiro) July 2, 2016 
 
 Trump later tweeted an amended version of the graphic, nearly two hours after the Twitter firestorm began. The latest version uses a red circle in place of the Star of David: 
 
 Trump, for his part, has fought accusations of anti-Semitism and racism before. 
 
 In a March speech to AIPAC, the largest pro-Israel lobby in the United States, Trump proclaimed his love for Jewish people and Israel. 
 
 "I love the people in this room," Trump told AIPAC attendees. "I love Israel. I've been with Israel so long in terms of - I've received some of my greatest honors from Israel. My father before me. Incredible. My daughter Ivanka, is about to have a beautiful Jewish baby. In fact, it could be happening right now, which would be very nice as far as I'm concerned."
– An anti-Hillary Clinton image tweeted out by Donald Trump on Saturday led to what Reuters characterizes as widespread "outrage and bafflement." The tweeted image, which has since been deleted, featured a photo of Clinton on a background of money. The phrase "most corrupt candidate ever" appeared inside a Star of David—the star Nazis forced Jews to wear—next to Clinton. “Hmm! What could Donald Trump possible be evoking with the raining money and Star of David," reads one tweet in response to the image. “Trump's new anti-Hillary ad is a pile of money overlaid with her face and a Star of David. Wonder what the message is?" reads another. Conservative radio host Erick Erickson calls the tweet an example of how Trump "plays to the white supremacists." And CBS News notes it's not the first time Trump has been accused of anti-Semitism. Two hours after tweeting the original image, Trump tweeted a new version that replaced the Jewish star with a circle. But Reuters says the original image is "a reminder of the unrestrained side of Trump. The Trump campaign declined to comment on the original image.