President Joe Biden's reelection campaign slammed comments made by former President Donald Trump during a Veteran's Day speech over the weekend.
"On a weekend when most Americans were honoring our nation’s heroes, Donald Trump parroted the autocratic language of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini — two dictators many U.S. veterans gave their lives fighting, in order to defeat exactly the kind of un-American ideas Trump now champions," Biden campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa said in a statement.
The former president has come under scrutiny for a Veteran's Day speech during which he called Democrats "vermin," promised to "root out" the "radical left thugs" in the country and suggested those who disagree with him politically pose a larger threat to the U.S. than Russia, China and North Korea.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at The Ted Hendricks Stadium at Henry Milander Park on Nov. 8, 2023 in Hialeah, Florida. Alon Skuy/Getty Images
"The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous and grave than the threat from within," Trump said at a rally Saturday.
Historians have linked the comments, which Trump later reiterated in a post on Truth Social, to language used by dictators, such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini — comparisons that Trump's campaign dismissed.
In a statement to the Washington Post, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung defended the president's comments.
"Those who try to make that ridiculous assertion are clearly snowflakes grasping for anything because they are suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome and their entire existence will be crushed when President Trump returns to the White House," Cheung said.
mountaintop111 on November 13rd, 2023 at 17:02 UTC »
For the both sides people, there is no "both sides." There is the fascist, Nazi side, whose leader is calling his opponents "vermim" like Hitler, and has also attempted to kill democracy on January 6th. And there is the other side trying to save democracy. "Both sides" my a**.
Yeeaaaarrrgh on November 13rd, 2023 at 16:44 UTC »
One of the many problems being is that the Republican party still contains people who think this is just "Trump being Trump" and that he doesn't really mean what he says. I assure you, Trump means what he says. Give this unmoored-from-reality psychopath the opportunity and he will become the next Adolph Hitler. Guaranteed.
Under_Sensitive on November 13rd, 2023 at 16:42 UTC »
He is using language right out of the book on his night stand. It is how he creates himself.