Trump Hosted German Politician at Mar-a-Lago Who Made a Hitler Salute

Trump hosted many people at Mar-a-Lago ahead of and after his electoral win. One group of Germans coming to celebrate with him included Fabrice Ambrosini, a former German politician who resigned after a video of himself throwing up a Nazi salute surfaced, according to German news outlet Radio Berg.

Ambrosini was the “chairman of the Young Union in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis” according to Radio Berg which described the video as:

“The four-second video, which is unedited, shows party lighting, a young man showing the Hitler salute. Behind him is Ambrosini, in his right hand a mobile phone, his left arm he stretches up with little ambiguity.”

Another outlet, Das Bürgerportal Bergisch Gladbach, described the video as: 

“In this video, a group of four young people can be seen singing the national anthem. In the foreground sits a young man who raises his right hand to greet Hitler. Behind it is Fabrice Ambrosini, who also stretches out his left arm to the Nazi salute for a few seconds to the lyrics ‘Unity and Right and Freedom.’ There is laughter, then the video breaks off.”

Hitler salutes are investigated in Germany given the country’s history of being once controlled by Nazis who carried out the Holocaust and other atrocities under Hitler.

It is unclear what the nature of Trump’s relation is with Ambrosini, but in video posted to Instagram, the president elect seemed jolly to greet Ambrosini and his friends. Another video shows Trump calling the group, his “German friends.”

The group visiting Trump posed with him and gave Trump’s signature thumbs up. The group also chanted “fight, fight, fight,” in both English and German.

Ambrosini himself wore a white MAGA hat during his visit to the president elect’s home. Trump is now planning his administration from his Palm Beach country club.

Ambrosini also posed for pictures with Rep. Ronnie Jackson, Caitlyn Jenner, and Rep. Carol Miller, who praised Hitler as being right about one thing the day before the January 6th riot. Trump never denounced his white nationalist dinner guests and has now been caught associating with someone who German media reports as having resigned after giving the Nazi salute.

Note: The excerpts from the German articles cited above are English translations of the originals