Trump shared an article with a pink triangle symbol: Why critics are alarmed

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Earlier DU thread: Trump Amplifies "No LGBTQ" Symbol Using Nazi-Era Imagery in Military Ad Post

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Source: USA Today

Trump shared an article with a pink triangle symbol: Why critics are alarmed

Kinsey Crowley
USA TODAY
Published 7:30 a.m. ET March 15, 2025

In a Truth Social post on Sunday, President Donald Trump shared an article with a promo image depicting a symbol previously used by Nazis to identify gay men during the Holocaust.

The opinion article published in The Washington Times titled, "Army recruitment ads look quite different under Trump," shows an illustrated television as the leading image. In the middle of the TV is an upside-down pink triangle crossed out by a red "no" symbol.

The pink triangle was used as a badge to identify gay men in concentration camps, and many received especially harsh treatment before they died, historians and LGBTQ+ activist groups say. But in the decades since World War II, the pink triangle has been reclaimed by the LGBTQ+ community as a symbol of activism and pride.

When reached for comment about Trump's sharing of the article, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said, "No president has been a greater friend to the Jewish community and Israel than President Trump."

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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/15/pink-triangle-symbol-donald-trump/82363059007/

Alternate link: https://news.yahoo.com/news/trump-shared-article-pink-triangle-113039664.html

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1. A sitting President of the United States, using a literal NAZI symbol.

The Nazis used a Star of David to identify Jews and an upside-down pink triangle to identify gays. Trump is using this Nazi symbol

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A sitting President of the United States, using a literal NAZI symbol.

The Pink Triangle, sewn onto 15,000 gay men's uniforms in concentration camps – to clearly mark them as LGBTQ for shame and extermination.

WAKE. THE. HELL. UP. AMERICA.

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2. Between 1933 and 1945, the German police arrested around 100,000 men suspected of the crime of homosexuality.

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Between 1933 and 1945, the German police arrested around 100,000 men suspected of the crime of homosexuality. Half were sentenced and sent to normal prisons. Between 5,000 and 15,000 of these were interned in concentration camps and marked with a pink triangle.