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Trump91Ƶs social media account shares video with message about a 91Ƶunified Reich91Ƶ

Phrase appeared alongside series of made-up election win headlines
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Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media after attending the day91Ƶs proceedings at his hush money trial, in New York, Monday, May 20, 2024. (Sarah Yenesel/Pool Photo via AP)

A video posted to Donald Trump91Ƶs account on his social media network included references to a 91Ƶunified Reich91Ƶ among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November.

The headline appears among messages flashing across the screen such as 91ƵTrump wins!!91Ƶ and 91ƵEconomy booms!91Ƶ Other headlines appear to be references to World War I. The word 91ƵReich91Ƶ is often largely associated with Nazi Germany91Ƶs Third Reich, though the references in the video Trump shared appear to be a reference to the formation of the modern pan-German nation, unifying smaller states into a single Reich, or empire, in 1871.

The 30-second video appeared Monday on Trump91Ƶs account at a time when the presumptive Republican nominee for president, while seeking to portray President Joe Biden as soft on antisemitism, has himself repeatedly faced criticism for using language and rhetoric associated with Nazi Germany.

It was posted and shared on the former president91Ƶs Truth Social account while he was on a lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial Monday afternoon. On Tuesday morning, the post of the video had been deleted.

91ƵThis was not a campaign video, it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word, while the President was in court,91Ƶ Karoline Leavitt, the campaign press secretary, said in a statement.

Earlier this month, Trump said at a fundraiser that Biden is running a 91ƵGestapo administration,91Ƶ referring to the secret Nazi police force.

Trump previously used rhetoric echoing Adolf Hitler when he said immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are 91Ƶpoisoning the blood of our country,91Ƶ and called his opponents 91Ƶvermin.91Ƶ

The former president has also drawn wide backlash for having dined with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist in 2022 and for downplaying the 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white nationalists chanted 91ƵJews will not replace us!91Ƶ

At least one of the headlines flashing in the video appears to be text that is copied verbatim from a Wikipedia entry on World War I: 91ƵGerman industrial strength and production had significantly increased after 1871, driven by the creation of a unified Reich.91Ƶ

In one image, the headlines 91ƵBorder Is Closed91Ƶ and 91Ƶ15 Million Illegal Aliens Deported91Ƶ appear above smaller text with the start and end dates of World War I.

The video appears to have been created by a meme creator who goes by the username Ramble_Rants.

The creator, who is part of a group of meme makers that The New York Times reported has previously collaborated with the Trump campaign, posted the video on the social platform X Monday morning.

In a post on X, Ramble_Rants defended the video, arguing that it was about 91ƵAmerican peace and prosperity.91Ƶ

The user explained in a post that the newspaper clippings in the video were pre-selected as part of a template showing historical headlines from the stock video company Envato Elements.

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Associated Press writer Ali Swenson contributed to this report.

Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press

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