Education Department deletes video comparing Trump to Hitler
A social media post featuring a clip from 'Darkest Hour' was removed after criticism.
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The DoE said the video was posted by a staffer who ‘didn’t understand the context of the video’ (Picture: US Dept of Education)
Photograph: Metro News (embedded from source)
What this story says
- The US Department of Education deleted a social media video that used a clip from the film 'Darkest Hour' where Winston Churchill referenced Adolf Hitler.
- Critics noted the video's similarity to Nazi slogans, and the department stated it was created by a staffer who did not understand the context.
- The video was intended to hype Donald Trump as a 'tiger', but the clip used was referencing Hitler.
- No right-rated outlets reported on this story.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 12 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
60/100
Hype
41/100
12 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 12 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
The US Department of Education removed a social media video that appeared to draw a comparison between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. The video incorporated a scene from the 2017 film 'Darkest Hour', in which Winston Churchill speaks about Hitler. The department later stated that the video was created by a staffer who did not understand the context of the film clip.
Disagreement on the video's intent
Reports indicate the video was intended to portray Donald Trump as a 'tiger'. However, the specific clip used featured Churchill referencing Adolf Hitler. Critics pointed out the similarity of the video's messaging to Nazi slogans used by the German government. The Department of Homeland Security has not removed a post that some claim uses white nationalist propaganda.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated reports mentioned the Department of Education's statement that the video was created by a staffer who did not understand the context.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 27 Aug 2026, 13:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
7 rated outlets
- Left-rated reports highlighted the Department of Education's apparent misinterpretation of the film clip, with HuffPost stating the department blamed a staffer for the post. Raw Story noted that 'community notes' clarified the comparison to Hitler after the department attempted to compare Trump to a tiger. Metro News detailed the video's content and also reported on other instances of US government agencies using slogans similar to Nazi Germany's, including a phrase from the Department of Labour and claims about the Department of Homeland Security using white nationalist propaganda.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- Centre-rated reports focused on the deletion of the video and the reason behind it. Newsweek and Forbes stated that the video was taken down after users pointed out the Hitler reference in the 'Darkest Hour' clip. Hindustan Times reported that the post sparked backlash on X, formerly Twitter, before its removal. Cedarnews.net also reported on the department posting and then deleting the clip.
Right
1 rated outlet
We have not written our reading of the right coverage of this story. The right-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Education Department deletes video comparing Trump to Hitler?
- Of the 12 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 58% are rated left, 34% are rated centre, 8% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Education Department deletes video comparing Trump to Hitler left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 12 rated outlets on this story, 58% are rated left, 34% are rated centre, 8% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Education Department deletes video comparing Trump to Hitler biased?
- Education Department deletes video comparing Trump to Hitler is one event reported by 12 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Education Department deletes video comparing Trump to Hitler?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Education Department deletes video comparing Trump to Hitler?
- 12 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Why did the Department of Education delete the video?
- The Department of Education deleted the video because it appeared to compare Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. The department stated the video was created by a staffer who did not understand the context of the film clip used.
- What was the video about?
- The video used a clip from the film 'Darkest Hour' where Winston Churchill references Adolf Hitler. The Department of Education intended to portray Donald Trump as a 'tiger' but the clip's original context was about Hitler.
- Did any right-rated outlets cover this story?
- No right-rated outlets covered this story. The reports analysed were from left and centre-rated publications.
Read it at the source
12 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
7- Trump officials’ ‘No one does it like us’ post backfires with Nazi Germany comparison (opens The Independent (US) in a new tab)
The Independent (US) — is The Independent (US) biased? Our profile of this outlet
- US Education Department Appears to Positively Compare Trump to Hitler in Now-Deleted Promo Video (opens IBTimes UK in a new tab)
IBTimes UK — is IBTimes UK biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Education Dept Posts Clip Comparing Trump To Hitler (opens Joe.My.God. in a new tab)
Joe.My.God. — is Joe.My.God. biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump’s Education Department deletes post comparing administration to Nazi Germany (opens The Independent in a new tab)
The Independent — is The Independent biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump staff swiftly deleted social media post that compared him to Hitler (opens Metro News in a new tab)
Metro News — is Metro News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Education Dept Blames Staffer For Post That Seemed To Compare Trump To Hitler (opens HuffPost in a new tab)
- Mockery after Trump Education Department 'dweebs' hit with brutal community note (opens Raw Story in a new tab)
Centre
4- Hitler scene explained as Department of Education deletes Trump post (opens Newsweek in a new tab)
- Education Department Posts Then Deletes Clip That Compared Trump To Hitler (opens cedarnews.net in a new tab)
cedarnews.net — is cedarnews.net biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Education Department Posts Then Deletes Clip That Compared Trump To Hitler (opens Forbes in a new tab)
- Trump-Hitler post sparks backlash on X as Department of Education deletes it, ‘The tiger is Adolf Hitler…’ (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
Hindustan Times — is Hindustan Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
1Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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