Twelve hours after Donald Trump’s Truth Social account shared a video suggesting that the ex-president will rule over “a unified reich,” a spokesperson for the former guy insisted that the Hitler-coded spot “was not a campaign video,” that “it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word,” and that “the president was in court” when all of this went down. But the Biden campaign—among others!—is not buying it.
Noting that Trump himself has said that only he and one of his top advisers have access to his account, Biden campaign spokesman James Singer said in a statement, “Donald Trump posting a ‘unified Reich’ video is part of a pattern of his praise for dictators and echoing antisemitic tropes. He’s a threat to our democracy and Americans must reject him and stand up for our democracy this November.” Singer also noted the many instances in which the former president has said or done things that would lead people to believe he’d be totally fine with a video positively referencing a “unified reich,” including but not limited to the time Trump:
Singer also told Politico that Americans should “stop scrolling and pay attention,” warning them of Trump’s “extreme vision of chaos, division and violence.” In response, Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt claimed that Biden is “the real extremist,” and “has turned his back on Israel and the Jewish people by bowing down to radical antisemites and terrorist sympathizers in his party.” She did not mention that it is Trump, and not Biden, who:
Just something to consider!