Trump Insists 'I'm Not Hitler,' But Social Media Has Other Thoughts
Donald Trump’s closing message to voters during a campaign rally Wednesday in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was to insist, “I’m not Hitler.”
“For the past nine years, Kamala and her party have called us racists, bigots, fascists, deplorables, irredeemables, Nazis, and they’ve called me Hitler,” the former president said.
Trump seemed perturbed about being linked to Nazis in recent weeks, which he blamed on Democrats, including his presidential rival, Kamala Harris, even though recent anecdotes about him praising Hitler and admiring Nazi generals came from his former White House chief of staff John Kelly.
In attempting to put the Nazi comparisons aside in hopes of winning the hearts and minds of voters, Trump told the rallygoers that his father said to “never use the word Nazi and never use the word Hitler,” then griped: “Now we’re called Nazis, and I’m called Hitler. I’m not Hitler.”
Trump: "I'm not Hitler" pic.twitter.com/GUe2qnmaHR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 30, 2024
Since Trump’s relationship with the truth is at best estranged, it’s no surprise many commenters on X, formerly Twitter, were skeptical about his not-a-Nazi defence.
And though the popular “Sure, Jan” meme wasn’t used extensively, most of the responses could be considered a variation of it.
"I am not a crook."
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) October 30, 2024
— Richard Nixon, 1973
"I'm not Hitler."
— Donald Trump, 2024 pic.twitter.com/lmOXnO6p1a
The fact that Trump has to say this is telling.
— Denison Barb (@DenisonBarbs) October 30, 2024
He’s not Hitler…yet. pic.twitter.com/R6QBsqFk55
— WhiteDudeForHarris (@quadcarl_carl) October 30, 2024
Here's a tip for #Drumpfuhrer, GOP & MAGA:
— BoehlertMediaBusters (@MediaBusters6) October 30, 2024
If you do not want to be called "Nazis?"
Stop using the same language as Nazis like "vermin" "infected" & "unified Reich"
Thx @RockyMntnMikehttps://t.co/LDeLEX3KTT#TakeOutNaziTrash
{????????????????}: Being vs. aspiring to be, I guess…
— ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????? (@aJSDecepida) October 30, 2024
❝I'm not Hitler❞: Trump denies he's a Nazi in closing arguments for campaign ➫ https://t.co/3gL1yNRafV
Imagine having to convince people, “I’m not Hitler” https://t.co/010dimboCU
— Sarah (@Sarah4Justice) October 30, 2024
JD Vance called Trump “America’s Hitler”. pic.twitter.com/Gq7QmDedHH
— ????Laurie (@Laurieluvsmolly) October 30, 2024
Any time you’re denying you’re Hitler you’re losing. pic.twitter.com/bU3XeHaSVT
— ????????????????????????_???????????????? (@SundaeDivine) October 30, 2024
— decency matters! ????????????????????✌???????????????????? (@Lovler2Lovler) October 30, 2024
He hates being called Hitler. Cool. Keep up the pressure.
— ????Arbiter of Cool????????✌???????????? (@ArbiterofCool) October 30, 2024