Donald Trump's 'Gestapo' Remark Sparks Backlash

[riversedge]

Source: newsweek




Updated May 05, 2024 at 2:23 PM EDT


Former President Donald Trump faced backlash on social media on Sunday after he reportedly compared President Joe Biden's administration to the Gestapo, the secret police force of Nazi Germany.

Trump, the presumptive Republican 2024 presidential nominee, reportedly made the remarks at a private, closed-door Republican National Committee (RNC) spring finance retreat for donors on Saturday in Palm Beach, Florida.

"These people are running a Gestapo administration," Trump reportedly said as he commented about his ongoing legal troubles. "And it's the only thing they have. And it's the only way they're going to win in their opinion. Until I got indicted, I was respectful of the office of the president. Once I got indicted, I said, 'Well, now the gloves have to come off.'"

Various other media outlets reportedly verified Trump's comments after listening to an audio recording from Saturday night's event. Newsweek cannot independently verify the reported remarks.
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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-biden-gestapo-remark-sparks-backlash-1897455

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I can imagine that even people at his fundraiser get weary of hearing Trump rant about his legal problems.
But it should make them think twice about writing out a check for him. I dream!!

Link to tweet

[bucolic_frolic]

1. PROJECTION.

Always. He's telling you what he's going to do if he get in office again.

[Ponietz]

5. The Project 2025 agenda calls for a Federal police force of 100,000

[keithbvadu2]

11. DeSantis has already set up his own version of his private police force.

[Roy Rolling]

14. Projection + Stupidity

Don Von ShitzInPantz doesn’t even know who the Gestapo was. He’s too stupid.

[iluvtennis]

8. Exactly - projection, projection, projection of what he would do if he ever got back to the White House...but we're not

going to let that happen.

[BOSSHOG]

2. He's a nazi propaganda honor student

Lie loudly and often

Blame your enemy for what you do

Your target audience will bow and grovel.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Until proven otherwise on an individual basis, I now assume every Republican is a Nazi.

[BOSSHOG]

17. I've been researching for hours

And have found no evidence to dispute your assumption. I could fill volumes of no evidence.

[Grins]

3. Yeah; the Gestapo that...

…used multiple grand juries and multiple jury trials to get those indicted, and tried, and found guilty - financial penalties. They were famous for that.

Oh, wait…

[True Blue American]

13. The more Trump

Seeks into dementia he will get worse.

[Grins]

4. "Until I got INDICTED, I was respectful of the office of the president."

Sweet Jesus on toast points….

[bahboo]

7. yeah....almost spit up my lunch on that one....

[surfered]

9. Wait a minute. There were actual Nazis at Charlottesville...

…and he said they were very nice people. He lies so much, he can’t keep his lies straight.

[keithbvadu2]

10. Moscow Marge says it's Gazpacho.

[msongs]

12. one suspects people on DU get weary of hearing about his legal problems nt

[ShazzieB]

16. His legal problems (or rather his whines about them) are boring at this point.

Too much repetition, you know? But I will never weary of hearing about him saying stupid, offensive things and getting mocked and/or dragged for it!

[PSPS]

18. That's the truth. Maybe DU needs a "trump" category that can be hidden.

All the trump stories consuming all the media oxygen is what bannon means when he says, "flood the zone with shit."

[SunSeeker]

15. K & R

[Bucky]

19. I'm surprised he understood the reference

He has such a limited vocabulary, such a congenitally tunnelized range of understanding the world. I expect he overheard the word gestapo mentioned by one of his toady lieutenants -- Steve Bannon or Stephen Miller or somesuch -- and then told whatever lick spittle does the typing into his Xitter machine spell it for him.

[JHB]

23. Nah, he's in the age group that would remember Col Klink fretting about them...

...on Hogan's Heros.

An early Boomer such as him would have grown up with plenty of WW2-related movies and TV, and the Gestapo was a regular looming presence in those.

[cstanleytech]

20. Trump simply tipping his own hand for his future plans should be get back into office.

In which case a number of Republicans in office had better worry because the next thing you will hear in the news is a lot of them announcing their retirement via assisted suicide from the top of buildings, in the shower and falling down steps.

[sl8]

21. Thanks, Newsweek!

When it comes to reporting what you saw on social media, you're aces in my book!

To be fair, this particular piece also contains references to what they've read in other media.

[Danmel]

22. I doubt tsf would last 5 minutes with the Gestapo.

He gets more deranged by the minute.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. Biden White House pushes back in response to Trump 'Gestapo' talk

Donald Trump’s weird whining about the White House resembling the "Gestapo" isn’t just factually wrong and morally offensive, it’s also deeply ironic.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/biden-white-house-pushes-back-response-trump-gestapo-talk-rcna150840

When Donald Trump is confronted with news he does not like, he has an unfortunate habit of referencing Nazi Germany. In January 2017, for example, shortly before the Republican was inaugurated, he accused U.S. intelligence agencies of leaking information that made him look bad. “Are we living in Nazi Germany?” Trump asked at the time — as if leaks from intelligence agencies were a significant problem with Hitler’s regime.....

Over the weekend, the former president added to the list. NBC News reported:

Donald Trump compared President Joe Biden’s administration to the secret police force of Nazi Germany in remarks at a private, closed-door donor retreat on Saturday afternoon. ... “These people are running a Gestapo administration,” Trump said, according to audio of the luncheon provided to NBC News.

President Joe Biden’s team was not impressed.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said the Democratic incumbent is focused on bringing Americans together, “instead of echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists, lunching with Neo Nazis, and fanning debunked conspiracy theories that have cost brave police officer their lives.”.....

But as a political matter, if the Republican really wants to have a debate along these lines, he might not like where it ends up. The presumptive GOP nominee, after all, has spent recent months echoing Hitler while lashing out at immigrants, complaining that immigration is “poisoning the blood of our country” and describing migrants as “vermin.”

He’s also the candidate who continues to raise the prospect of building new detention camps, creating a temporary “dictatorship,” cracking down on the free press.

[ificandream]

25. "Until I got indicted, I was respectful of the office of the president." .... what a lie

He was never respectful of President Biden. He didn't attend the damn inauguration!

[marble falls]

26. He meant gespacho.

[Kennah]

27. Dark Brandon responds