On Monday, former President Donald Trump uploaded a video to his social media platform, implying that if he wins the 2024 election, there will be a “Unified Reich” using terminology that seems to be reminiscent of Nazi Germany.
The narrator asks, “What happens after Donald Trump wins?” as the phrase “Unified Reich” emerges in hypothetical news headlines announcing Trump’s hypothetical victory in the 2024 election.
Beneath a large headline asking, “What’s next for America?” It looks like the smaller title underneath says, “INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED DRIVEN BY THE CREATION OF A UNIFIED REICH.”
After that, the video projects that if Trump wins in 2024, there will be a boom in the economy, tax breaks, increased border security, and the expulsion of illegal immigrants.
The Trump team asserted in a statement to the Associated Press that the video was reposted by a staff member who failed to notice the phrase, not as a promotional video.
The campaign press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, released a statement saying, “This was not a campaign video, it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word, while the President was in court.”
The video was uploaded at 1:58 p.m. ET, during the lunch break of Trump’s hush money trial. Monday night, the video was still up late.
The Trump campaign has been contacted by ABC News for a statement.
The film was criticized by a Biden-Harris 2024 campaign spokesperson who claimed it was “parroting ‘Mein Kampf.'”
“America, put down your scrolling device and focus. Rather of teasing the American people, Donald Trump is outlining his explicit plans for taking back power and establishing a dictatorship over a “unified Reich.” The statement from spokesperson James Singer stated, “Parroting ‘Mein Kampf’ while you warn of a bloodbath if you lose is the type of deranged behavior you get from a guy who knows that democracy continues to reject his extreme vision of chaos, division, and violence.”
