CNN conducted an investigation into a video posted on former President Donald Trump’s social media containing the words, “unified Reich” and supported the Trump campaign’s explanation that it had been an “oversight” and “not a fascist dog whistle.”
Jon Sarlin, a reporter for CNN, shared the findings in a post on X and revealed that the words appearing in a video that was posted on Trump’s Truth Social account were “an oversight, not a fascist dog whistle” and had been created to be used as a placeholder by Enes Şimşek, a Turkish graphic designer.
Sarlin’s words come after Karoline Leavitt, the national spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, described the words appearing in the video as having been an oversight.
“This was not a campaign video, it was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word, while…
