Internet Sleuths Prove Donald Trump Used an Image of Nazi Soldiers in a Patriotic Tweet

Not the way to #MakeAmericaGreatAgain

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An intern has taken the fall for one of the campaign season's earliest facepalm moments in political tweeting.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump's Twitter account posted an image featuring his face, the American flag, the White House and … people dressed as Hitler's Waffen-SS soldiers. "We need real leadership," the image stated. "We need results. Let's put the U.S. back into business!"

You can see the original image highlighted here, thanks to some nice animated GIF wizardry from Mother Jones' Ivylise Simones:

The image was clearly meant to show U.S.

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