Donald Trump's campaign is blaming a "staffer" for a video posted on Donald Trump's Truth Social account that included references to a "unified Reich."
It appeared among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November.
The 30-second video appeared Monday on Trump's account while Trump was on a lunch break from his hush money criminal trial in New York.
The video was deleted Tuesday morning, the Associated Press reported.
"This 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," Karoline Leavitt, the campaign press secretary, said in a statement.
That statement appears to contradict Trump, who claimed earlier this year that only he and senior advisor Dan Scavino have access to his Truth Social account.
At Mar-a-Lago in April, Trump stated that only himself and Dan Scavino have access to his Truth Social account.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) May 21, 2024
This contradicts Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt’s implication that an unnamed staffer was to blame for posting the Reich / MAGA video. pic.twitter.com/YjUdYqNV6q
As he left a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday where his criminal trial is being held, Trump ignored a reporter's question about the video.
President Biden's campaign seized the opportunity to warn it was a "foreshadowing" of what another Trump presidency could bring.
Trump posts a new ad foreshadowing a second Trump term that says he will create a “UNIFIED REICH,” echoing Nazi Germany pic.twitter.com/z4ZmMSWuRH
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) May 21, 2024
Trump previously used rhetoric echoing Adolf Hitler, the Associated Press noted.
He said immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are "poisoning the blood of our country," and called his opponents "vermin."
Trump was also criticized for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist in 2022.
