Over the weekend, President Trump reposted an article to his Truth Social account with the image of a pink triangle, a symbol used during the Holocaust to identify gay men in Nazi concentration camps.

The triangle was overlaid with a red circle and a line through it, suggesting “gays not allowed.”

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“We are so back,” wrote on well-known Holocaust denier.

The article’s image is credited to Linas Garsys and was published in the rightwing Washington Times.

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Titled “Army recruitment ads look quite different under Trump,” the story praises both Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for refocusing the military on “lethality.” It mentions that ads that promoted pride for LGBTQ+ service members under the Biden administration have been cancelled.

Deeply troubling on its face, the image suggests a dark way forward for LGBTQ+ service members.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has said he is against LGBTQ+ inclusion in the military and has criticized the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

The image aligns with many actions taken in the first months of Trump’s second term: gender-affirming care for trans children banned, male and female declared the only two sexes, and the end of the federal government legally recognizing trans people.

During the Holocaust, an estimated 10-15,000 gay men were taken to concentration camps, where most of them perished.

The pink triangle symbol was later reclaimed by the queer community, in particular during the AIDS epidemic, when it was was changed to face upward for the “Silence = Death” Project.

This isn’t the first time Trump or one of his associates has aligned himself with Nazi imagery.

Absentee father and billionaire DOGE enforcer Elon Musk did a Nazi salute during a Trump rally, dismissing criticism of what he called “an excited gesture.”

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