German Media Likens US Border Patrol Official's Coat to 'Nazi look'

Sunday, January 25, 2026

A greatcoat worn by the senior US border patrol official Gregory Bovino, who has spearheaded aggressive immigration operations across the country, has raised eyebrows in German media with some commentators saying it resembled a fascist aesthetic.

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Gregory Bovino refused to address whether Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who was killed by ICE, brandished a gun at federal agents.

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The response from the regime? A lie.

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, told the Guardian that the coat was standard issue and responded to a query by saying it was a "manufactured outrage". Previously she said to the New York Times that the coat was part of a "standard-issue border patrol winter dress uniform", although the newspaper also cited a 2025 document detailing the Border Patrol's Uniform and Grooming Standards in which the coat in question was not listed as part of any official uniform.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-01-24 06:56 AM | Reply

"Arno Frank, a writer at Der Spiegel, said in a separate article that what he described as the "authoritarian intervention" in the US was still establishing its "distinctive aesthetic".

"No wonder, then, that figures like Bovino are resorting to tried-and-tested models," he said.

While the other federal agents seem to wear "whatever they have to hand", he argued that Bovino "stands out from this thuggish mob, just as an elegant SS officer stands out from the rowdy SA mob.

The dashing undercut is also spot on; all that's missing for the perfect cosplay is a monocle."

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Little wonder that the American 4th Reich under Herr Trump imitates the German 3rd Reich under Herr Hitler.

Good eye, Doc.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-24 11:26 AM | Reply

Fun Fact for Freedom Fighters: one can practice the carving of swastikas into the foreheads of standartenfuhrers (and other Nazis of high rank) by using a sharpened, medium-length hunting knife and a partially frozen cantaloupe.

#3 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-01-25 03:00 PM | Reply

- a partially frozen cantaloupe.

So... Trump's forehead. Good idea!

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-25 03:02 PM | Reply

Bovino lies as much as the brain dead orange chomo.

www.fox9.com

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-25 03:41 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, but they were snappy dressers.