Donald Trump Compares America to Nazi Germany, Twitter Goes Wild
President-elect Donald Trump is fuming that the intelligence community allowed a Russian dossier with “golden shower” claims to end up in the hands of media members and, as a result, took to Twitter to ask if we are living in Nazi Germany.
Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to "leak" into the public. One last shot at me.Are we living in Nazi Germany?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017
Obviously, Twitter went wild.
One user asked, “Help me understand, in this bizarrely troubling ‘Nazi Germany’ metaphor Trump used, is he Hitler or a persecuted Jew facing the Holocaust?”
Also Read: Donald Trump Responds to 'Golden Showers' Claim: 'Total Political Witch Hunt'
Another said, “Make no mistake: This is a shot at our intel community. Think about that. He just compared it to Nazi Germany.”
Many users made jokes, but others took the tweet more seriously. One user wrote, “Making inaccurate Holocaust references is inherently revisionist. This is not Nazi Germany. By saying so you reject what actually happened.”
Check out some of the reaction:
Trump compares the CIA fueled campaign against him to Nazi Germany. Major reform of US intel services on the cards? https://t.co/1w1eczebup
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 11, 2017
You can't make this stuff up. Prez-elect endorsed by neo-Nazis asks, days away from his own inauguration, 'Are we living in Nazi Germany?'
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 11, 2017
What is it exactly that Trump thinks happened in Nazi Germany? https://t.co/MZpyyLL5tT
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 11, 2017
Why is #NaziGermany trending… oh wait there. I know. #gonehomeTrumpyouredrunk
— Stephen Cooper (@Steve5by5) January 11, 2017
Dear @realDonaldTrump we are not #NaziGermany. I am so angry about you. You are not a @POTUS because you learn nothing about other countrys
— HuntedAngel (@HuntedAngel1) January 11, 2017
Trump: "Are we living in Nazi Germany?"
Do you really want to go there? …and who's about to be leader of "Nazi Germany"? Ahem…— Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) January 11, 2017
DJT asking if we “live in Nazi Germany” after the last 18 months is so rich that the Surgeon General is warning us to avoid having too much.
— Jane Coaston (@cjane87) January 11, 2017
Funny to see all the selective outrage about Nazi Germany tweet considering how many folks have spent the last yr comparing Trump to Hitler.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) January 11, 2017
Yes, because the leaking of fake news was quite the worst thing about living in Nazi Germany. https://t.co/QXq65EKkRP
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) January 11, 2017
This A.M., Trump tweets on new Russia claims: 'Are we living in Nazi Germany?'' https://t.co/7vTTrJWTWi
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) January 11, 2017
Help me understand, in this bizarrely troubling 'Nazi Germany' metaphor Trump used, is he Hitler or a persecuted Jew facing the Holocaust? pic.twitter.com/iIZaScyZvn
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) January 11, 2017
Please keep Nazi Germany out of it, @realdonaldtrump! #unfair ☹️
— Adolf Twitler (@therealfuehrer) January 11, 2017
@realDonaldTrump "Are we living in Nazi Germany?" pic.twitter.com/j6zAeOJmoC
— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) January 11, 2017
Do we think maybe Trump does not actually know what "Nazi Germany" means https://t.co/oKkOJSML9n
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) January 11, 2017
The President-elect of the United States wonders aloud whether the country he has been elected to lead is actually Nazi Germany.
— Narrated President (@NarratedPOTUS) January 11, 2017
My take: We are not living in Nazi Germany. https://t.co/6WIDifdLUF
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 11, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump Nazi Germany suppressed unflattering, dissenting info, kind of like what you’re trying to do.
— Aléx Young (@AlexYoung) January 11, 2017
Making inaccurate Holocaust references is inherently revisionist. This is not Nazi Germany. By saying so you reject what actually happened.
— Zachary Schaffer (@ZacharySchaffer) January 11, 2017
Also Read: Kellyanne Conway Calls Golden Shower Dossier 'Nonsense From the Internet' (Video)
This all started when BuzzFeed sent the Internet into a frenzy on Tuesday when it published a collection of memos accusing Trump of improper contact with Russian officials — and alleging the former reality TV star arranged “golden showers” with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel room.
CNN previously posted a story citing documents including allegations that Russian operatives have compromising personal information on the president-elect, but declined to publish the raw files. BuzzFeed had no such compunction, publishing the full, unverified document from a person purporting to be a former British intelligence agent.
Trump and his team have repeatedly called the information “fake news.”
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