Everything old is new again, as they never tire of reminding us. The oath of personal, unconditional loyalty to Adolf Hitler got a nice 2025 makeover during MAGA’s return to power. The only people eligible to serve in Trump’s administration are those who swear that the 2020 election was stolen from the Leader (or at least refuse to admit Trump’s loss was legitimate), that the Leader was the innocent victim of a weaponized DOJ’s “lawfare” and selective prosecution for totally lawful acts, that transsexuals pose an existential threat to America, that Ukraine started the war with Russia in 2022, that our country is a corrupt, smoking, crime infested ruin run by a secret cabal of godless commies, and whatever else pops out of the big orange guy’s mouth.
Here are the old Hilter oaths, for comparison to the oath of personal loyalty to Mr. T. that Kashyap Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Dr. Brainworm [1] and company have taken to their Leader in order to narrowly secure their party-line cabinet positions.
Wehrmacht oath
On 16 March 1935 the German government renamed the Reichswehr as the Wehrmacht (Defence Force)[7]
Ich schwöre bei Gott diesen heiligen Eid,
daß ich dem Führer des Deutschen Reiches und Volkes
Adolf Hitler, dem Oberbefehlshaber der Wehrmacht,
unbedingten Gehorsam leisten und als tapferer Soldat bereit sein will,
jederzeit für diesen Eid mein Leben einzusetzen.
English translation
“I swear by God this holy oath
that I shall render unconditional obedience
to the Leader of the German Reich and people,
Adolf Hitler, supreme commander of the armed forces,
and that as a brave soldier I shall at all times be prepared
to give my life for this oath.”[8]
When the oath became law in July 1935, civilian officials would swear a similar oath.
Civil servant oath
Diensteid der öffentlichen Beamten
Ich schwöre: Ich werde dem Führer des Deutschen Reiches und Volkes
Adolf Hitler treu und gehorsam sein, die Gesetze beachten,
und meine Amtspflichten gewissenhaft erfüllen, so wahr mir Gott helfe.
English translation
“I swear: I will be faithful and obedient
to the leader of the German Reich and people, Adolf Hitler,
to observe the law, and to conscientiously fulfil my official duties, so help me God!”[8]
Oathtakers then sang both Deutschland Über Alles and the Nazi anthem Horst-Wessel-Lied.[9]
Horst Wessel, by the way, was a young Nazi street fighter killed by the antifa of his day. He became a martyr to the Nazi cause and a song for him, with lyrics by the poetic young Nazi Horst, if I recall correctly, was sung at all Nazi functions. Think of Wessel as Ashley Babbit. All Ashley did, on January 6, 2021, was try to lead a crowd of peaceful, respectful rioters through a broken window into the hall leading directly to the legislators the mob was trying to get at. As she pushed through the broken window she was warned by armed Capitol police to stop. Being a true patriot and a martyr, she refused to stop, was shot dead, and became a martyr to the Trump Brigade, the recently pardoned battle tested maniacs who overran Capitol police, sent more than a hundred to the hospital, all in perfectly “legitimate political discourse.” If you think MAGA is not composed of modern day American Nazis, you never read a history book on the Nazi seizure of power.
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