Republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump on Tuesday learned a fundamental lesson of campaigning: beware of stock images.
This image was posted to Trump’s prolific Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon:
It was swiftly deleted after Twitter users pointed out that the soldiers pictured in the lower right hand corner of the image were wearing the uniform of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of Nazi Germany’s Schutzstaffel, or SS:
@20committee @HKFrese @mitchellvii @BecketAdams the original => http://t.co/zwsoEcYPIg pic.twitter.com/2NXYqPv3fp
— LeftyBollocks (@LeftyBoIlocks) July 14, 2015
See also Waffen-SS tunic with unit cuff title & SS eagle on left arm, as in Trump pic https://t.co/b3pwWmdwHY pic.twitter.com/IdQlwcIebJ
— John Schindler (@20committee) July 14, 2015
Notice the late-war Waffen-SS “dot” camo tunic, with SS eagle on left arm as in the Trump pic https://t.co/b3pwWmdwHY pic.twitter.com/ulScwicbZU
— John Schindler (@20committee) July 14, 2015
An executive vice president with the Trump Organization, Michael Cohen, later told CNN that an intern accidentally posted the photo.
Trump Org EVP Michael Cohen says an intern accidentally posted questionable photo; apologized and immediately deleted
— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) July 14, 2015
