Former President Donald Trump posted a video on Monday (21) showing images of a fake newspaper article that references a “unified Reich” if he is re-elected in 2024.
The video, posted to Trump's Truth Social account, details “what happens after Donald Trump wins” with a narrator reading hypothetical headlines like “Economic Booms!” and “The border is closed”, in the style of newspaper clippings from the First World War. Under a title that reads “What’s Next for America?” there is a reference to “the creation of a unified Reich.”
Another headline in the video states “15 million illegal aliens deported” near the beginning and end of World War I.
The term “reich” is often associated with Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, who designated Germany the “Third Reich” from 1933 to 1945.
Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, said in a statement that the video, which remains on Trump's page, was not created by the campaign and was “reposted by an official who clearly did not see the word while the president was in court . ”
Biden's campaign, however, criticized an email statement criticizing Trump over his use of the word “reich.” Biden campaign spokesman James Singer said in the statement that Trump intends to govern like a “dictator.”
“America, stop scrolling and pay attention. Donald Trump is not kidding; he is telling the United States exactly what he intends to do if he regains power: rule as a dictator over a 'unified reich,'” Singer said.
Trump has previously flirted with anti-Semitic tropes, drawing widespread condemnation for attacking American Jews who he says do not support him and Israel enough. His rhetoric – including claiming that undocumented immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country” and referring to his political opponents as “worms” – has drawn comparisons to the language used by Hitler.
At a rally in December, Trump dismissed criticism that his rhetoric echoed Hitler's, telling a crowd in Iowa that he had never read “Mein Kampf.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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