“If it’s offensive, if there’s anything wrong with it, I wouldn’t do it”
March 8, 2026
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has responded to allegations that he is encouraging supporters to imitate Nazi salutes at rallies, saying the suggestion is “crazy” and “ridiculous”.
“Honestly, until this phone call, I didn’t realize it was a problem,” Trump said on NBC’s Today show.
Trump urged that his supporters are just “having a good time” and want to show their loyalty by raising their right hands in a pledge to vote for the anti-establishment candidate.
Photographs of Trump supporters pledging to vote for him by raising their hands at a rally were shunted around social media at the weekend, with serious claims from detractors that they were imitating ‘Heil Hitler’ type salutes.
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Trump asked supporters to raise their right hand and pledge to support him http://cnn.it/1TzGsR3 pic.twitter.com/X9y4KRiF81
“If it’s offensive, if there’s anything wrong with it, I wouldn’t do it,” Trump added, promising to “look into” the matter, saying it is a “big big stretch” to compare the pledge to a Nazi salute.
“They’re raising their hand in the form of a vote, not in the form of a salute,” Trump also told MSNBC’s Morning Joe, adding that the fact the issue has gotten any media attention is “crazy.”

Morning Joe 03/08/16
Trump: Those aren’t Nazi salutes at my rallies!
Trump again called for his supporters to make the pledge Monday in North Carolina and Mississippi.
“Should we do the pledge? Should we do the pledge?” the billionaire asked supporters. “Raise your hand: ‘I swear I’m going to vote for Donald Trump next week, I swear.’”
At N.C. campaign rally, @realDonaldTrump asks attendees to follow him in a “pledge” http://cbsn.ws/1ROYbAf



Sick On Mar 8, 2026 11:43 AM, “Exposing Modern Mugwumps” wrote:
> Freedom Rider posted: ” “If it’s offensive, if there’s anything wrong with > it, I wouldn’t do it” Steve Watson | Infowars.com - March 8, 2026 > http://www.infowars.com/trump-crazy-to-compare-supporters-pledge-to-nazi-salute/ > GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has responded to al” >
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People are stupid. They will say anything at this point. Rising your hand is not a nazi salute. Puleeeeze.
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