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douglas9

(5,457 posts)
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 05:06 AM Nov 2

Trump's Top Border Patrol Goon Roasted for 'Nazi' Look

A Department of Homeland Security promo video featuring Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino in a stylish black trench coat has ignited Nazi comparisons, including from Gavin Newsom.

The high-octane clip was posted the day that Bovino, 55, was ordered to attend daily court check-ins by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis.

It splices footage of the commander outside the Chicago federal courthouse with a stylized black-and-white still of him in a calf-length coat, star collar pins, and slicked crewcut hair.

Set to a European gabber-style version of Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida” featuring the on-screen text overlay “WE WILL NOT BE STOPPED,” the post read, “We REFUSE to back down from our mission to make America safe.”

It added, “[Bovino] is putting his life on the line to protect our citizens, and no amount of radical terror or anarchy will stop us in our mission.”

Viewers immediately likened Bovino’s look to an SS-era uniform, sharing side-by-side images of Adolf Hitler and his officers, with one quipping, “Nice SS vibe.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-top-border-patrol-goon-gregory-bovino-roasted-for-nazi-look/

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sop

(17,249 posts)
3. 'Border Patrol Commander-At-Large' Gregory Bovino will be the first defendant when the Trump Nazi Trials begin.
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 07:12 AM
Nov 2

Or maybe Stephen Miller...or Kristi Noem...or Tom Homan...

nuxvomica

(13,852 posts)
5. Did they even listen to "Viva la Vida"?
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 07:53 AM
Nov 2

It's kind of anti-authoritarian:

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning, I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

Walleye

(43,651 posts)
9. I used to own a railroad
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 08:19 AM
Nov 2

Made it run
Made it race against time
I used to own a railroad
Now it’s done
Brother, can you spare a dime?

tanyev

(48,560 posts)
8. Again with music from a band who would not have given permission for that use.
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 08:13 AM
Nov 2

Why not Jason Aldean or Morgan Wallen? Even Nazis don’t like that music?

Walleye

(43,651 posts)
10. Acting tough, while fleeing to military housing because they don't feel safe from the violence they have started
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 08:21 AM
Nov 2
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