The phrase “Heil Trump” and a hand gesture being used by Donald Trump‘s followers is going viral on Twitter, and it’s being compared to Adolf Hitler’s infamous salute.
This past Saturday night, Trump stood before an Ohio crowd at his rally. During his speech, followers began raising their arms and stretching out their pointer fingers in what appeared to be a salute. Now, “Heil Trump is going viral, and the one-finger gesture is being compared to Hitler’s “heil Hitler” salute.
People online are also speculating that Trump may have taken to the QAnon, a group that derives from a far-right American community whose beliefs revolve around prominent figures being part of a secret society of child abusers and Satanists.
It didn’t long for people to react to the gesture online.
“Oh my goodness — Trump’s hypnotic rant about how the US is declining is now set to dramatic music. Weird and very cult-like,” said a Twitter user.
“Jesus christ that’s about as close to a crowd of people doing a nazi salute as you’ll probably get outside of an actual nazi meeting where they openly admit they’re nazis,” said another user.
