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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Mar 10, 2025, 10:42 PM Mar 2025

Trump Amplifies "No LGBTQ" Symbol Using Nazi-Era Imagery in Military Ad Post

Trump posted an article to his Truth Social account this weekend featuring a deeply troubling image: a pink triangle—the Nazi-era symbol used to identify and persecute gay men in concentration camps—covered with a red prohibited sign. Historically, the LGBTQ+ rights movement reclaimed the pink triangle as a symbol of resistance, pride, and remembrance.

The article itself titled, “Army recruitment ads look quite different under Trump,” published by the Washington Times praises Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for refocusing the military on "lethality" and reversing Biden-era policies that embraced diversity, including ads featuring LGBTQ+ soldiers.

The image, placed in the context of military recruitment, strongly suggests a rejection of LGBTQ+ service members, at least in the terms of recruitment, under Trump’s leadership.

Trump’s choice to amplify such an image is particularly alarming given Hegseth’s past statements.

https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-amplifies-no-lgbtq-symbol-using-nazi-era-imagery-in-military-ad-post

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