U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
President Donald Trump held a news conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, but an odd Holocaust-related analogy he offered about the hostages captured by Hamas caught the attention of many observers.
"I said to [the former hostages], was there any sign of love?" said Trump. "Did Hamas show any signs of, like, help or liking you? Did they give you a piece of bread extra? Did they give you a meal on the side? Like what happened in Germany, what happened elsewhere? People would try and help people that were in unbelievable distress. They said no."
Trump's apparent implication that the Nazis "liked" some of their Jewish death camp inmates and "helped" the ones that were "in unbelievable distress" sparked confusion and fury from commenters on social media.
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"Did he just casually imply Jews were treated more humanely in Nazi Germany?" wrote Justin Kanew, a former Democratic congressional candidate who now heads up The Tennessee Holler.
"Equating hostages held by Hamas to victims in Nazi Germany isn’t just offensive, it’s also a grotesque distortion of history," wrote Wall Street investment banker Evaristus Odinikaeze. "He’s always saying the first thing that pops into his head without understanding the weight of those words. And he’s sitting next to Israeli Prime Minister. Crazy stuff!"
"Did this m-----f----- just sit beside the Prime Minister of Israel and say the Nazis showed signs of 'liking' the Jews during the Holocaust?!?" wrote outspoken anti-Trump influencer @JoJoFromJerz.
"Did you get your unlimited breadsticks like in Dachau?" wrote conspiracy theory journalist Mike Rothschild.
"Wait ... like what happened in Germany?" wrote VoteVets podcaster Fred Wellman. "Is he saying the Germans were kind to the Jews? They killed 6 million but ... you know sometimes they gave them a piece of bread."
"For those who might not pay that much attention to the increasing senility of this man, here he is suggesting that Nazis did nice things for their captives like give them extra food," wrote anti-Trump newsletter writer Justin Glawe.
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