And you thought Donald Trump was trolling the media with his “Game of Thrones” meme. Well, get a load of this:
“Edelweiss” was being played as we walked into the @WhiteHouse
— Nikki Schwab (@NikkiSchwab) April 18, 2019
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman is sounding the alarm:
Does…anyone at that White House understand the significance of that song? https://t.co/IK9h8fOwNj
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 18, 2019
NAZIS, you guys. The White House is positively crawling with ’em. They’re not even trying to hide it anymore!
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 18, 2019
I’m sure Trump hand picked it so everyone would quickly make the Nazi connection. Nefarious! https://t.co/f88fJbwFIw
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 18, 2019
That’s gotta be what happened. What other possible explanation could there be?
So you're going with no, then. https://t.co/Zxi2V4bxDg
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 18, 2019
What are you going with?
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) April 18, 2019
Reporting.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 18, 2019
What aspect of this tweet qualifies as reporting? https://t.co/EXKnrIpy8F
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) April 18, 2019
Does … Maggie understand how ridiculous she sounds?
tfw you haven’t seen “The Sound of Music” and it shows pic.twitter.com/f6vAzA4flE
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) April 18, 2019
Somebody there likes Rodgers and Hammerstein tunes? https://t.co/wxlVexUSvT
— (((Mike Glenn))) (@mrglenn) April 18, 2019
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A lot of people are unaware that it was written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for the Sound of Music. It sounds so much like a traditional patriotic folk song that people just assume it was real. https://t.co/HdmlegnHDS
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 18, 2019
There’s no significance. It was written for the Sound of Music. Just because it’s the opening theme to Man in the High Castle doesn’t mean it’s an actual Nazi song. https://t.co/2Qdl7pseh0
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) April 18, 2019
Well, and in the show it’s explicitly sung as a subversive anti-Nazi song. Though one could say it was sung to stoke nationalism, I guess, but ANTI-Nazi nationalism.
— Elisa Camahort Page (@ElisaC) April 18, 2019
Even in “Sound of Music” it’s a song of resistance, not alliance with Nazis. ??♀️
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) April 18, 2019
It’s a LAMENT ABOUT THE NAZIS OCCUPYING AUSTRIA. ?♀️ https://t.co/IOf7HpXXcn
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) April 18, 2019
And Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote it specifically for Theodore Bikel, who originated the role of Captain von Trapp on stage. Bikel was an Austrian Jew whose family fled Austria in 1938.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 18, 2019
Do they understand the significance of the… anti-Nazi/anti-Anschluss song from the anti-Nazi musical?
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 18, 2019
What I learned today is…many liberals have never seen or understood the message in the movie, The Sound of Music.
Apparently, they think the Von Trapp family was a bunch of Nazis. pic.twitter.com/dzmS5gtck2
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) April 18, 2019
The Hill is alive … with the sound of journalists stepping on rakes.
Dear Media Folk,
"Edelweiss," the song, didn't exist before The Sound of Music.
It is not a "Nazi" song.
In fact, even in the context of the Sound of Music AND Man in the High Castle, it is not a "Nazi" song.
You are embarrassing yourselves.
— RBe (@RBPundit) April 18, 2019
The White House is getting pretty good at helping the media embarrass themselves.
THEY PLAYED EDELWEISS AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO TROLL MEDIA.
LOLOLOLOLOL
OMG, I'm rolling right now.
— RBe (@RBPundit) April 18, 2019
Totally brilliant. https://t.co/IKEBTR7nJ9
— Kimberly Haney (@kimberlyhaney) April 18, 2019
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