Trump-Hitler post sparks backlash on X as Department of Education deletes it, ‘The tiger is Adolf Hitler…’

The US Department of Education removed a social media post featuring President Donald Trump after it sparked backlash on X (formerly Twitter) for seemingly invoking Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. The 19-second video, shared on Wednesday, featured a scene from the 2017 film Darkest Hour, depicting Winston Churchill rejecting negotiations with Nazi Germany.

The clip concluded with Churchill warning, "You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth." Following this, footage of Trump raising his fist appeared, synchronized with rapper BIA's song "WE GO ON." This combination led users on X to speculate that the post was making a direct comparison between Trump and Hitler.

Ultimately, the post was deleted, although screenshots and reposts continued to circulate on the platform. The controversy centered around the context of the selected scene from Darkest Hour, where Churchill confronts the threat posed by Hitler and Nazi Germany during World War II. The "tiger" line in the film refers to the danger posed by Hitler and Nazi Germany.

Critics argued that the juxtaposition of this scene with footage of Trump created an association that was interpreted as comparing the president to Hitler. The Department of Education's caption, "No one does it like us," added to the ambiguity as it did not clarify the intended message behind the video. The post prompted a wave of criticism, with X users questioning the reference to Hitler and the decision to publish the video on the Department of Education's official account.