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Does Donald Trump bother to check what he and his campaign put out on social media? How often does he “approve these messages?”
Today he was so thrilled that someone at Twitter sent him a picture of Jeb Bush being ridiculed, he just had to retweet the insult. Here it is.
"@WhiteGenocideTM: @realDonaldTrump Poor Jeb. I could've sworn I saw him outside Trump Tower the other day! pic.twitter.com/e5uLRubqla"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2016
Notice the Twitter handle of the original poster? @WhiteGenocideTM? He also calls himself “Donald Trumpovitz.” Did that give Trump or anyone at his campaign pause? Nope.
@WhiteGenocideTM describes himself at his Twitter page as “The Man Who Wants to be Hitler,” yet identifies as Jewish, and supports Bernie Sanders. Go figure.
Here are some of his earlier tweets from today.
Much like Jews stuck together during WW2, we must do so now. Although Jewish I admire lots of Hitlers ideas. pic.twitter.com/3kAr6JFePS
— Donald Trumpovitz (@WhiteGenocideT1) January 23, 2016
He also hates goyim, or non-Jews, which of course includes Donald Trump.
Seig Heil Bernie Sanders.
The White goyim must be wiped off the face of the earth. I support #WhiteGenocide https://t.co/jEuQEIuvtJ— Donald Trumpovitz (@WhiteGenocideT1) January 22, 2016
He seems nice.
Actually, I think “Donald Trumpovitz” is nothing more than a troll, eager to post outrageous comments and rile up the Twitterverse. But he got Trump to retweet him, and I’m sure “Donald Trumpovitz” views that as a major win.
This is not the only time the Trump campaign has stumbled in its promotion of their Dear Leader.
Earlier Friday morning, the campaign deleted a video in which Trump was showing his yuuuuge support of the American military. Only problem — the video featured Russian soldiers.
No joke. Here’s a screenshot.
It may have been deleted, but because the Internet is forever, you can see the video here.
That’s not an isolated incident.
Last summer, the Trump campaign put out a tweet with a flag splashed gloriously over the stern face of Donald J. Trump with the caption, “WE NEED REAL LEADERSHIP. WE NEED RESULTS. LET’S PUT THE U.S. BACK INTO BUSINESS!” It also featured a picture of World War II era Waffen SS soldiers in the lower right corner. Yes, those are Nazis.
Once again, the tweet was removed. But sharp eyes detected and saved the tweet.
.@realDonaldTrump has deleted the tweet (finally) but here's the pic, Waffen-SS very clear at bottom pic.twitter.com/Kv1GsdKQkw
— John Schindler (@20committee) July 14, 2015
Here is the tweet again with the stock photo isolated to one side.
Found @realDonaldTrump's german soldier stock image here (searched "world war II soldiers")http://t.co/GKkcNTUKpm pic.twitter.com/ysWGeePZIr
— Reed F. Richardson (@reedfrich) July 14, 2015
Trump supporters will no doubt roll their eyes and insist that this is a nothing burger. On the surface, maybe. But Trump throws caution to the wind when retweeting comments from scurrilous Twitter posters. His campaign puts out videos and social media promotions using the wrong military — including images of soldiers we were fighting in World War II. Is this how you “Make America Great Again?”
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