Overview
- The Department of Education posted a 19-second video on X that began with a scene from the film Darkest Hour and then cut to footage of President Trump with the caption “No one does it like us” and a tiger emoji.
- X users and a community note quickly pointed out that Churchill’s “tiger” line in the film refers to Adolf Hitler, which led many to read the montage as a comparison between Trump and Nazi Germany.
- The department deleted the post and said a staffer who “did not understand the context” had created and shared the video, which used the song “WE GO ON” by rapper BIA.
- Screenshots and reposts of the deleted clip continued to circulate on X after removal, and the department has not publicly announced any further disciplinary actions or a change in social-media policy.
- The episode illustrates a wider pattern of government accounts using meme and trending-sound formats, shows how X’s community-note feature can correct historical miscontextualization, and raises risks that such mistakes can quickly erode public trust and spread despite deletions.