Trump’s ‘Opposite Of A Nazi’ Claim Triggers Scathingly Awkward Flashback

Former President Donald Trump declared he is “the opposite of a Nazi” and received a stark reminder on social media of how he was once referred to by his own running mate, JD Vance.
“I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi,” Trump claimed at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, amid making baseless claims that Democratic rival Kamala Harris is calling him and anyone who votes for him “Nazis.”
Trump also said his late father, Fred Trump, would tell him never to say the word Nazi or refer to the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
The Republicans Against Trump group shared footage of the comments online:
Trump: “My father used to always say, ‘Never use the word Nazi. Never use that word. Never use the word Hitler. Don’t use that word…I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi.” pic.twitter.com/YmpVLY0ZU7
Critics, however, pointed out how now-GOP vice presidential candidate Vance warned in 2016 that Trump, whose authoritarian rhetoric has escalated in recent weeks, could one day become “America’s Hitler.”
“I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler,” Vance wrote at the time in a private message to a former Yale Law School roommate, the now-Democratic Georgia state Sen. Josh McLaurin.
Of course, Vance has since performed an astonishing 180 to become Trump’s No. 2 in the 2024 election.
Last week, Trump’s White House chief of staff, John Kelly, said Trump had praised Hitler to him and is a “fascist.”
Bruh, your running mate called you the next American Hitler!!!
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The person who said you are America’s Hitler is your running mate!
So he is seriously ignoring that his running mate called him “”America’s Hitler.”
If your closing argument is “I’m the opposite of a Nazi” … you have some serious issues. https://t.co/y3wLDW4Roc