The phrase was coming back to bite the Trump 2024 vision….
Going someplace that is NOT were Trump & Co. wants to be defending….
Donald Trump’s campaign deleted a video shared on his Truth Social account that included the phrase “unified reich” amid blowback from the Biden administration and a handful of Republicans.
On Monday afternoon, Trump’s Truth Social account posted a 30-second video that described a vision of America if he wins in 2024, and included fake newspaper headlines that said “Trump Wins!” and “What’s next for America?” At first glance, the video seemed like typical campaign media — except that the background included text about “the creation of a unified reich,” and “German industrial strength.”
The phrase “the creation of a unified reich,” which appeared multiple times in the background, drew heavy criticism. The German term “reich” means empire but is often associated with Nazi Germany.
The Trump campaign said that the video was reposted by an unwitting staffer on Monday afternoon, although the video remained on the former president’s social media account overnight….
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“I don’t know why you would say such a thing,” said Graham, who told POLITICO that the staffer who posted the video “should be dealt with.”
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) also called out the video, saying, “to use that term in this day and age is simply inappropriate, and it’s got to be corrected.”
President Joe Biden on Tuesday night condemned the former president’s comments at a 300-person fundraiser in Boston’s Seaport district.
“A unified Reich? That’s not the language of an American president, that’s not the language of any American. It’s the language of Hitler’s Germany,” he said.
And Biden called the Trump campaign’s explanation that an unwitting staffer reposted the video a “lame excuse” since “we already know Trump personally controls his social media account because he’s bragged so much about his control.”…..
image….A frame from the video with the “Unified Reich” headline. Photo: Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty