Trump's account on Saturday tweeted the so-called "meme" then deleted it and replaced it substituting a circle for the star symbol that resembles the Jewish Star of David. The change came after a social media uproar about the star tweet's potentially anti-Semitic implications.
The meme first appears to have hit the Internet on June 15, when it was posted by the Twitter user @FishBoneHead1. The account, which described itself as belonging to a comedian, regularly tweeted out anti-Clinton and right-leaning messages and images.
It remains unclear where Trump's campaign obtained the image. A spokeswoman for the campaign did not immediately respond to questions about the original tweet or who was responsible for sending it out. Trump's twitter account remained silent on the issue yesterday.
The @FishBoneHead1 account was deleted amid the uproar on yesterday afternoon. The person who operated the feed did not respond to a request for comment before it was deleted. The post itself was deleted from the /pol/ message board, but its existence was confirmed by The Associated Press through an internet search engine that combs internet archives.
Trump, who is running for president as a Republican, has repeatedly said that he would remain a staunch defender of Israel and last week shot down a question from a town hall attendee who questioned the US's defence of the Jewish state.
His daughter, Ivanka, converted to Judaism and is raising her children Jewish.
Trump has been criticised in the past for repeatedly re-tweeting posts from white supremacists' accounts and failing to immediately denounce the support of former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke.
Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, dismissed the controversy in an interview with CNN yesterday, accusing the media of trying to create something out of nothing.