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Trump Campaign T-shirts Condemned for Displaying 'Nazi-Inspired' Symbol

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Via: Ender • 4 years ago • 52 comments

By: BRENDAN COLE

Trump Campaign T-shirts Condemned for Displaying 'Nazi-Inspired' Symbol

Merchandise for president's re-election campaign has an image of eagle clutching a circular version of U.S. flag.

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Social media users have condemned merchandise promoting President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, saying it is reminiscent of Nazi imagery.

Available for both men and women, a 100-percent cotton T-shirt retailing for $30 carries the words "America First" above an image of an eagle looking to its left with spread out wings and its talons holding a circular version of the American flag.

Available on Trump's re-election campaign website, the product description says that it is "proudly made in the USA" and appeals to would-be buyers to show their support for re-electing the incumbent president, with the message: "Let everyone know who you are voting for in 2020.

"We finally have a president that puts America first. America is strong again, safe again, great again," it adds.

Twitter users say that the position of the eagle is uncomfortably close to the national insignia of Nazi Germany.

Adolf Hitler ordered a stylized eagle combined with the Nazi swastika to become the national emblem, which can be referred to as the Reichsadler or the Nazi eagle.

It features the bird looking to its right with its wings spread, and its talons holding a wreath with a Nazi swastika inside. After World War Two, the imagery was adopted by neo-Nazis and other white supremacists worldwide, according to the Anti Defamation League.

The eagle has been an American symbol for more than two centuries but the version designed in 1782 has an olive branch in its right talon representing peace and a scroll in its beak with the motto E Pluribus Unum, meaning "one out of many."

Trump's new logo looks almost looks familiar. Where else have i seen that eagle style standing on a circle? pic.twitter.com/2H8xrVd6Hs
— P A C E (@pesachlattin) July 1, 2020

Trump & Pence are proudly displaying a Nazi-inspired shirt on their official campaign website.
They are promoting genocidal imagery yet again a just days after President Trump retweeted a video of a supporter chanting white power.

— Bend the Arc: Jewish Action (@jewishaction) July 1, 2020

The group Bend the Arc: Jewish Action tweeted: "Trump & Pence are proudly displaying a Nazi-inspired shirt on their official campaign website. They are promoting genocidal imagery yet again—just days after President Trump retweeted a video of a supporter chanting 'white power.'"

PACE tweeted an image of the Trump logo with the Nazi imagery next to each other and wrote to his 24,000 followers: "Trump's new logo looks almost looks familiar. Where else have I seen that eagle style standing on a circle?" Among the almost 8,000 people who shared his tweet was the former director of the CIA, General Michael Hayden whose response was: "Holy sh*t."

The group of Republicans opposing Trump, The Lincoln Project, was equally succinct with its opinion of the T-Shirt, tweeting: "Come. On." Tom Nichols from the Lincoln project tweeted: "This is not some standard American eagle, this is a Trump graphics guy thinking he's being clever and trolling the world by saying "mayyyybe it's close."

John Arovosis tweeted to his 106,000 followers: "Trump's campaign website has a new t-shirt design. If it looks familiar to you, you're not alone."

Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign and the Anti Defamation League for comment. In a statement to the Daily Caller , the Trump campaign dismissed the allegations as "moronic" and said there was a long American legacy of using the bald eagle to represent the country.

In June, Facebook removed Trump adverts that featured a Nazi symbol. Trump's campaign team said that the inverted red triangle, similar to the one the Nazis used to label opponents, was aimed at the far-left activist group antifa, which Trump has accused of starting riots at street protests that followed the death in police custody of George Floyd.

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1 seeder Ender 4 years ago

We report, you decide...

Professor Quiet

1.1 Ed-NavDoc replied to Ender @1 4 years ago

Some people will find something bad no matter where they look....

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1.2 Split Personality replied to Ender @1 4 years ago

It all goes back to the first Reich - the Holy Roman Empire which Hitler wanted to emulate.

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1.2.1 Split Personality replied to Split Personality @1.2 4 years ago

The Speaker's Seal of the US House of Representatives is based on the House Mace first designed in 1789, long before

Nazi's appeared. It appears that the Nazi's took symbolism from Rome, the US, France & England, not the other way around.

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In one of its first resolutions, the U.S. House of Representatives of the 1st Federal Congress (April 14, 1789) established the Office of the Sergeant at Arms . The resolution stated "a proper symbol of office shall be provided for the Sergeant at Arms, of such form and device as the Speaker shall direct." The first Speaker of the House , Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania , approved the mace as the proper symbol of the Sergeant at Arms in carrying out the duties of this office.^[2]
The current mace has been in use since December 1, 1842. It was created by New York silversmith William Adams, at a cost of $400 (equivalent to $10,000 in 2018^[3] ), to replace the first one that was destroyed when the Capitol Building was burned on August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 . A simple wooden mace was used in the interim.^[4]

The design of the mace is derived from an ancient battle weapon and the Roman fasces .

The ceremonial mace is 46 inches (120 cm) high and consists of 13 ebony rods—representing the original 13 states of the Union —bound together by silver strands criss-crossed over the length of the pole. The rods are bound together by four crossing ribbons of silver, pinned together and held at the bottom and at the top by silver bands. The bands are decorated with floral borders and a repoussé design.

The name “Wm. Adams/Manufacturer/New York/1841.” is engraved in the cartouche, located in the front center of the bottom band.

This shaft is topped by a silver globe 4-1/2 inches in diameter and engraved with the seven continents, the names of the oceans, lines of longitude, and the major lines of latitude. The Western Hemisphere faces the front. The globe is encircled with a silver rim marked with the degrees of latitude, on which is perched an engraved solid silver eagle with a wingspan of 15 inches. The total weight of the mace is 10 pounds.^[5]

For daily sessions of the House, the Sergeant carries the silver and ebony mace of the House in front of the Speaker, in procession to the rostrum . When the House is in session , the mace stands on a cylindrical pedestal of green marble to the Speaker's right. When the House is in committee , it is moved to a lowered position on a pedestal next to the Sergeant at Arms' desk, more or less out of sight.^[6] Thus, members entering the chamber know immediately whether the House is in session or in committee.

In accordance with the House Rules , on the rare occasion that a member becomes unruly, the Sergeant at Arms, upon order of the Speaker, lifts the mace from its pedestal and presents it before the offenders, thereby restoring order.

Professor Principal

1.2.3 Trout Giggles replied to Split Personality @1.2.1 4 years ago

You know they aren't going to read your history lesson. Somebody's got it in his head that he has to counter Ender's article with trash

Professor Principal

1.2.4 Texan1211 replied to 4 years ago

And they haven't torn down this obvious symbol of oppression and burned it? Racists!!!!! That's sarcasm for the low functioning.

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1.2.8 Texan1211 replied to 4 years ago

removed for context

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1.3 Texan1211 replied to Ender @1 4 years ago

We report, you decide...

I decided that some folks have way too much time on their hands.

And that they are faux-offended over anything Trump does or does not do.

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3 Tacos! 4 years ago

the Reichsadler or the Nazi eagle

It does very closely resemble the nazi crest. You have to wonder where they got the idea if not from that. Obviously many US crests have eagles on them, but the claws are usually reaching out to the side to grab something symbolic. If a circle is involved, it usually surrounds the eagle.

By the way, if anyone is interested in some trivia, the crest in question more closely resembles the Parteiadler, which was the Party Eagle. The Reichadler faces in the other direction. The more you know . . .

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3.2 seeder Ender replied to Tacos! @3 4 years ago

Another one under fire is a fashion brand in London,

Angry shoppers have demanded people boycott a fashion brand, claiming its logo bears a striking resemblance to the Nazi eagle insignia which became the national symbol of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
A-list celebrities including singers Rhianna and Jessie J and model Cara Delevingne, have been spotted wearing the UK-based Boy London brand in the past.

The brand's logo depicts a spread-winged eagle perched on a podium on top of the letter 'O' in the world 'Boy', which is written underneath.

Outraged customers have called for the company to take action after drawing comparisons with the infamous Nazi Parteiadler symbol.

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5 evilone 4 years ago

Is this supposed to be satire? I don't see a satire tag? The image on the T is a stock image from vector stock anyone can use -

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5.1 seeder Ender replied to evilone @5 4 years ago

I actually never would have given the logo a second thought.

Gotta love social media.

The Boy London brand logo looks a lot more like it.

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5.2 Trout Giggles replied to evilone @5 4 years ago

So what you're saying is that trmp's campaign is so unimaginative they have to go to a website and look for an emblem instead of designing one of their own

Freshman Silent

5.2.1 Account Deleted replied to Trout Giggles @5.2 4 years ago

Melania probably designed it. Adding trademark infringement to plagiarism.

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5.2.2 Texan1211 replied to Account Deleted @5.2.1 4 years ago

Really?

Who holds the trademark?

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5.2.3 evilone replied to Trout Giggles @5.2 4 years ago

So what you're saying is that trmp's campaign is so unimaginative they have to go to a website and look for an emblem instead of designing one of their own

Unimaginative, yes. Nazi symbolism, no.

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5.2.4 Paula Bartholomew replied to Account Deleted @5.2.1 4 years ago

I think it is Ivanka and not Malenia who participates in trademark Infringement and is currently being investigated for it.

Freshman Silent

5.2.5 Account Deleted replied to Texan1211 @5.2.2 4 years ago

Not sure, but the lawyers are from Switzerland.

Freshman Silent

6 Account Deleted 4 years ago

Oh - I don't know . Now if that eagle was grabbing a little kitty cat in it's talons - now that would be an appropriate emblem for Trump.

Professor Principal

6.1 Trout Giggles replied to Account Deleted @6 4 years ago

I would be horrified!

Freshman Silent

6.1.1 Account Deleted replied to Trout Giggles @6.1 4 years ago

Now come on - "grab" "little kitty" ...

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6.1.2 Trout Giggles replied to Account Deleted @6.1.1 4 years ago

stop it! stop it! stop it!

Wait....I just got it. Thumbs up, Adam!

Professor Principal

6.1.3 seeder Ender replied to Trout Giggles @6.1.2 4 years ago

I just now got that too. Took me a while... Haha

Freshman Silent

6.1.4 Account Deleted replied to Trout Giggles @6.1.2 4 years ago

I see I'm going to have to develop a program of study for both you and Ender.

1. Satire 101 "And overview of basic satirical devices"

2. Genteel Elevated Insults 201. "You are up the proverbial tributary with a non standard means of propulsion."

3. CIA: Manual for PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS IN GUERRILLA WARFARE (This is just a beginner's primer but we have to start somewhere. I think Guevara is a little advanced for you at this time. )

Freshman Silent

6.1.5 Account Deleted replied to Ender @6.1.3 4 years ago

See 6.1.4

Professor Principal

6.1.6 seeder Ender replied to Account Deleted @6.1.5 4 years ago

My fingers are burnt
Forgot what I learnt
I'll never be satisfied
Become a recluse

Enjoy the abuse
It's better to just get high
Now I feel like a baby
Who has just opened its eyes

And I'm drowning
So come inside
Welcome to my filthy mind

Professor Principal

6.1.7 Trout Giggles replied to Account Deleted @6.1.4 4 years ago

I've got my notebook and my pencil, Teacher!

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6.2 Texan1211 replied to Account Deleted @6 4 years ago

I can hardly believe that someone didn't get the sophomoric "wit" involved here in your post right off the bat since even a President-supporting person like me got it straight away!

Freshman Silent