Donald Trump shares Nazi era anti-LGBTQ+ ‘Pink Triangle’ insignia

US President Donald Trump has reposted the “Pink Triangle” logo on his social media platform, Truth Social. This is the logo that was commonly used by the Nazis to identify queer men.

The first few months of Donald Trump’s second presidency have been marked by a massive anti-LGBTQ+ executive order signed and enacted everything.Only two genders‘Now it’s government policy dei is broken From the government and the military.

Trans individuals are once again banned from the military, and Trump has also incited a ban on health care for trans youth. That’s just the beginning.

One of Trump’s latest posts (March 10) about Truth Social (his own social media platform) consisted of links to an article that featured a downward image pointing to a pink triangle with a prohibited sign above it.

Trump re-shared an article written by former US Army captain Jeremy Hunt entitled “Army recruiting ads look totally different under Trump.” Washington Times. Its distinctive image includes the aforementioned graphics that have been recognized as “illustration of military recruitment ads by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times.”

The article alleges that Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegses quickly changed the focus of the US military, focusing on aggression and lethality, and stripped them of the message of inclusion (and other famous ones). Biden era ads It showed an army officer named Emma taking part in the Pride Parade.

But why does playing cards share the image of a pink triangle?

What does pink triangle mean?

The downward pink triangle reposted by Trump is an insignia dating back to Nazi Germany. It was used to mark gay men in concentration camps.

A man marked with a pink triangle in a Nazi concentration camp received horrific treatment, including medical experiments, castration and executions.

The symbol was then reclaimed by a strange community. Most famously, when it spins upwards with the Silence = Death Project (a group that raises awareness about the AIDS crisis during the Reagan administration).

Nevertheless, there is the use of a pink triangle on a playing card Added to the growing sense of anxiety For the strange people in the US. It was not clear whether Trump read the article or knew what the illustrations were drawn or symbolic.

It comes months after many claimed that many became Trump’s leading donors during the election campaign, directed the new government efficiency (DOGE) and gave “Nazi salutes” during Trump rally.

Musk responded with X and again shared one X user with “Can you retiring the people of your calling?” The tech billionaire replied, “Yeah, accurately,” with a yawning emoji.

What did the Trump campaign say about LGBTQ+ military personnel?

Trump has already declared “trans people” as “inadequate” to military services in an executive order signed in January, and declared that the military “suffers from radical gender ideology.”

The United States has been added to the human rights watch list following Trump’s “unparalleled attack on the rule of law.”

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