Recent reports highlight comparisons between former President Trump's actions at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, and Nazi practices, specifically referencing the Horst Wessel Song. Trump's salute to his supporters draws parallels to how Nazis glorified individuals willing to use violence for their cause, reminiscent of Goebbels' tactics.
"Trump's literal salute to those willing to commit violence on behalf of his MAGA movement ... is very much in line with the way that Nazis, led by their propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, invoked slain or jailed thugs as heroes to rally their followers." - @Will_Bunch https://t.co/6WWRh0405m
"Saturday’s Trump rally in Dayton, Ohio was a dark abyss... Trump’s literal salute to those willing to commit violence on behalf of his MAGA movement is very much in line with the way that Nazis invoked slain or jailed thugs as heroes." By @Will_Bunch https://t.co/cGRfYDh4bK
Terrific Will Bunch column about how the MAGA anthem honoring the J6 traitors echoes the Nazis’ “Horst Wessel Song.” The reason people like Will and I draw parallels between Hitler’s rise and Trump’s rise is that there are so many similarities. Let’s learn from history. https://t.co/Rw2oSRTaiR
Read this @Will_Bunch column to understand that whatever you think Trump was referring to with his bloodbath riff, you should be very alarmed by the rest of his speech and the parallels with a Nazi anthem. https://t.co/eYh1cwUQjL
What's the deal with Trump saluting that weird national anthem from Jan. 6 thugs he calls "hostages"? It's another page ripped from Hitler's playbook and a Nazi anthem about a slain brownshirt, Horst Wessel. Trump is partying like it's 1934 My column⬇️https://t.co/ULGN0zQqgB
1/3. The thing Trump did in Dayton – celebrating his fascist movement's dubious "martyrs" – is exactly what Goebbels and Hitler did between the Nazis' failed coup and their seizure of power. Their song was called the Horst Wessel Song.