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Aug 5, 2021 · Some critics on Twitter were quick to compare the bird to the Nazi War Eagle — a symbol used under Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich in Germany. Trying to think where I have seen the new Trump...
Aug 7, 2021 · Aug 7, 2021, 2:37 AM PDT. The Nazi-era Reichsadler, or Imperial Eagle, is represented by an eagle look over its right shoulder. Save America PAC, Wikimedia Commons. Former President Donald...
- The Claim: Trump Campaign Shirts Feature Imperial Eagle, A Nazi Symbol
- Response from The Trump Campaign
- America's Use of The Eagle
- History of Germany's Eagle
- The Campaign T-Shirt
- Another Nazi Symbol Controversy
- Our Ruling: Inconclusive
- Our Fact-Check Sources
President Donald Trump's campaign website recently unveiled a T-shirt that has come under fire because of perceived design similarities between its logo and a Nazi symbol. The similarity was first noticed, according to Forward, by two Twitter accounts, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, described as a Jewish progressive group, and the Lincoln Project, an...
The Trump campaign pushed back hard on this claim. “This is moronic. In Democrats’ America, Mount Rushmore glorifies white supremacy and the bald eagle with an American flag is a Nazi symbol. They have lost their minds," Tim Murtaugh, Trump 2020 communications director, said in an email to USA TODAY. Murtaugh pointed out a similar situation with fo...
The eagle is one of the most common animals to be used in design throughout history, having been used as a symbol of empire and royalty since the first recorded civilizations. Eagles have been especially common in Western countries, where the birds often appear on the coat of arms and official documents of various countries. The bald eagle has been...
The Nazi eagle was developed by the German Nazi Party in Germany in the 1920s, and became a symbol of the government after the party took power. It was derived from the German coat of arms. The Reichsadler, which translates to “Imperial Eagle,” was derived from the Holy Roman Empire’s coat of arms. "A regulation issued in 1936 defined a swastika fr...
The T-shirt for sale on the Trump campaign's website is called the "America First Tee." The design includes a left-facing eagle, holding a round emblem with the U.S. flag inside and "Trump 2020" in a banner underneath. Forward also reported the eagle was a stock image, based on sleuthing from Twitter. The stock art linked in the Forward article has...
Trump’s campaign materials have featured symbols used by Nazis. In June, Facebook removed advertisements posted by the Trump campaignthat showed an upside down triangle, a symbol used by Nazis to classify political prisoners during World War II. The ads called on the president's supporters to sign a petition and “stand with President Trump against ...
The U.S. government has many uses of eagle imagery in its official seals and emblems including on the "Great Seal of America," on the presidential seal and on the mace of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Trump campaign's T-shirt includes the use of an eagle that some claim bears resemblance to a Nazi eagle.We rate the claim that the Trump cam...
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Aug 12, 2021 · According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit watchdog organization that tracks hate and extremism, the Nazis, in the lead-up to and during World War II, did use an eagle symbol....
Jul 13, 2020 · Media. USA Today dragged for 'fact check' claiming Trump campaign sold shirts with Nazi symbol: 'This is moronic' Article later clarifies that eagle is also a 'longtime US symbol, too' By Brian...
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Sep 8, 2019 · With any comparison of Trump to Hitler the reaction is: Trump hasn’t killed millions of people. Hitler didn’t start by killing people when he began his rise to power in the 1920s-1930s in ...
Aug 5, 2021 · World. News. Donald Trump is urging his supporters to carry 'Trump Cards,' but some say it resembles Nazi symbol. On Twitter, some users compared the golden eagle displayed on one of the...
