Photo Editors Depict Trump as Doing the Hitler Salute
After Donald Trump publicly called for the US to ban Muslims from entering the country on Monday, a number of photo editors responded by publishing photos of Trump that make the presidential candidate look like he’s doing the Hitler salute (or “Nazi salute”) — a gesture that’s a criminal offense in Germany and a few other countries.
The Tuesday cover of the Philadelphia Daily News compares Trump to Hitler with its photo choice and headline, “The New Furor” (a play on the word “führer”).
The news site Mondoweiss used this photo:
Trump proposal to ban Muslims from US relies on debunked poll from pro-Israel think tank https://t.co/YTJsIvyYpj pic.twitter.com/nKaU1jnG9a
— Mondoweiss (@Mondoweiss) December 8, 2015
Here’s freelance journalist Carl Anka’s take on the photo choices (he has been retweeted 16,000+ times over the past day):
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then this Philadelphia Daily News cover is a novel… pic.twitter.com/2F6gTcqZAx
— Carl Anka (@Ankaman616) December 8, 2015
Editor: "I dare you to do it."
Picture Desk: "I can't, people will notice."
Editor: "Pay you $20?"
Picture Desk: pic.twitter.com/VLrK2384Ba
— Carl Anka (@Ankaman616) December 8, 2015
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Andy Ihnatko’s thought:
Overnight, news editors went from “We can’t use that shot of Trump. He looks like Hitler” to “He looks like Hitler in that one. USE IT."
— Andy Ihnatko (@Ihnatko) December 8, 2015
