'The SS were Nazis': Trump slammed for confusing the US Secret Service with Hitler's infamous parami

[Judi Lynn]

‘The SS were Nazis’: Trump slammed for confusing the US Secret Service with Hitler’s infamous paramilitary group
Published 1 min ago on June 11, 2020By Alex Henderson, AlterNet- Commentary

The abbreviation commonly used for the U.S. Secret Service is USSS, but President Donald Trump used a different abbreviation in a June 11 tweet: SS. And he is being slammed for it on social media, as SS is typically used to describe Adolf Hitler’s notorious Schutzstaffel of Nazi Germany.

In German, Schutzstaffel means “protection squadron.” And in Nazi Germany during the 1930s, Hitler’s paramilitary SS were known for being incredibly vicious.

Trump tweeted, “Our great National Guard Troops who took care of the area around the White House could hardly believe how easy it was. ‘A walk in the park’, one said. The protesters, agitators, anarchists (ANTIFA), and others, were handled VERY easily by the Guard, D.C. Police, & S.S. GREAT JOB!”

In response to that post, legal expert Elie Mystal tweeted, “This man literally just called the Secret Service (USSS) the ‘SS.’ That really just happened.”

More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/the-ss-were-nazis-trump-slammed-for-confusing-the-us-secret-service-with-hitlers-infamous-paramilitary-group/

[LuvNewcastle]

1. I've done the same thing here on DU.

I won't do it anymore, but I don't think it's really something to attack Trump about. He likely agrees with a lot of Nazi ideology, but I don't think he meant to call the USSS Nazis here.

[Skittles]

5. a president really needs to be more careful

ya know?

[LuvNewcastle]

6. Yeah, I know.

I just have the lowest expectations from him. It’s a wonder, really, that he can even write a sentence.

[underpants]

2. He was so proud of his "Walk in the park" joke

He (or Miller) was lightheaded by the time he got to the Secret Service part.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Meh.

While I am usually quite quick to pick up on Nazi references, had he written "SS" and not "S.S.", I'd have an issue with that phrasing. While I am sure he doesn't know the difference, this is a "molehill".

[Red Pest]

4. "A walk in the park"?

The people that were cleared out of the Lafayette Park area were peaceful protesters, not armed military personnel. Of course it was easy to clear out unarmed peaceful people. Trump is just a chest thumping bully who is afraid of anybody speaking up to him.