former president donald trump He was forced to delete a video from his Truth Social account that sparked outrage for including a headline that referred to a “unified empire.”
The 30-second video mused on what would happen if Trump, 77, were to defeat President Biden in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
A faint headline reading “Creation of a unified empire greatly increases military strength” can be seen at least twice in the clip, which appears to have remained visible for nearly 15 hours before being removed.
“This was not a campaign video,” Trump 2024 spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt told The Post on Tuesday. “This document was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who apparently did not see the words while the President was in court.”
Levitt added, “The real extremist is Joe Biden, who has turned his back on Israel and the Jewish people by caving to extreme anti-Semites and terror sympathizers in his party, like Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.”
Other “future headlines” flashed in the video included “economic boom,” “no more forever wars,” “law and order restored,” “borders closed, 15 million illegal Residents were forcibly deported.”
This video is online templateentitled “Newspaper Vintage History Headlines Promotion”, highlighted the potential impact of a Trump victory.
What is the problem with “Empire”?
“Reich”, the German word for “kingdom” or “kingdom”, is often associated with Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. He called this regime the “Third Reich.” This regime is a work of distorted historiography that claimed Nazi Germany to be the successor of the Holy Roman Empire. and the German Empire before World War I.
Another reference in Trump’s video appears to be a direct quote from someone. Wikipedia entry Regarding World War I, it states that “Germany’s industrial and productive power increased significantly after 1871 with the creation of the unified Reich.”
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Biden campaign criticizes Trump
The Biden and Harris campaign wasted little time in condemning Trump over the post.
“Donald Trump is not playing games. He is telling America exactly what he intends to do when he regains power: to rule as a dictator over a ‘united empire.'” said spokesman James Singer in a statement.
“To parrot ‘Mein Kampf’ while warning of catastrophe if we lose is the way of a man who knows that democracy continues to reject extreme visions of chaos, division and violence. It is the action of
Singer later followed up with another statement on Tuesday, stressing that the video post was “part admiration for dictators and echoes of anti-Semitic tropes.”
“He is a threat to our democracy, and Americans must reject him and stand up for our democracy this November,” Singer added.
“Promoting content related to the Nazi regime in Germany under Adolf Hitler is abhorrent, disgusting and shameful for everyone,” White House Press Secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement. .
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden would address the video in person later Tuesday at campaign events in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
“What I want to say more broadly is that promoting content related to the Nazi government in Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler is abhorrent, disgusting and shameful for anyone. Neo-Nazis and “It’s just like it’s a shame to eat and say there are very fine people on both sides after Charlottesville,” she said.
In 2022, President Trump dined with Holocaust-denying white supremacist Nick Fuentes and rapper Kanye West at the Mar-a-Lago resort. The 45th president later denied knowing who Fuentes was.
The Biden campaign also questioned the Trump campaign’s explanation of how the video was posted.
“President Trump’s press secretary claims that Trump’s ad calling for a ‘united empire’ was placed by a random, unknown ‘staff.’ He says it’s just him and his right-hand man Dan Scavino,” the campaign posted on X.
President Trump’s remarks against Nazis
President Trump has been criticized in the past for comments he made that referred to Nazi Germany.
During a donor retreat at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, President Trump reportedly referred to President Biden as a “Gestapo regime.” NBC News.
President Trump suggested in March that there would be a “disaster” in the auto industry if he was not elected.
“We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every car that comes through the line, and if I win, I won’t be able to sell those cars. If I don’t win, the whole It’s going to be a disaster — that’s the bare minimum,” Trump raged at a rally in Dayton, Ohio.
Back in December, during a rally in New Hampshire, the 45th president suggested that immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” a line from Hitler’s manifesto “Mein Kampf.” It was a reflection of. “All the great cultures of the past perished.” This is simply because the originally creative races became extinct due to sepsis. ”
Trump after that I have further emphasized those statements.
Meanwhile, President Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly claims his former boss told him the notorious genocidal maniac “did some good things.”
The Trump campaign denied the allegations and accused Ke of “spreading lies.”
