What Does "Unified Reich" Mean?

What Comes Next For America According to Donald Trump

William Spivey
The Polis
Published in
3 min readMay 22, 2024

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By Noah Thomsen — Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61878036

Donald Trump shared an ad on Truth Social promoting "The Creation of a Unified Reich." The expression wasn't lost somewhere deep in the text—it was in the first subtitle of an ad about "What's Next For America."

I'd be the first to say that sharing something on social media doesn't usually reflect the exact views of the person sharing it. Maybe they liked the title or didn't read the content. Reading has never been one of Trump's spiritual gifts, so that might be believable.

The excuse used to deny Trump's involvement was that some junior staffer posted something they saw online without reading the subtitle. Trump has long maintained that only he and aide Dan Scavino can access Trump's account. Everything posted could be presumed to represent Trump's views as long as Scavino continues to work there. The "Unified Reich" post has been removed, but Scavino remains.

“The post 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 the president was in court.” — Karoline Leavitt, Trump spokeswoman

So what is a Unified Reich, and why does the use of this term have meaning? Of the two words, unified is relatively straightforward…

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William Spivey
The Polis

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