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Trump on controversial Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner: Democrats ‘have a Nazi running’

By Jacob Magid 17 June 2026, 9:34 pm
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US President Donald Trump weighs in on the Maine Senate race, where Democrats have rallied behind embattled progressive Graham Platner who previously had a Nazi tattoo on his chest.

Speaking at a press conference in France, Trump mistakenly calls the Totenkopf tattoo a swastika before quipping, “For 10 years, they’ve been calling me a Nazi and now they have a Nazi running.”

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