List of politicians that have called Donald Trump a Nazi

1. JD Vance — a private comparison that became public

Former Trump critic and later running mate JD Vance reportedly compared Donald Trump privately to Adolf Hitler in 2016, a claim Reuters documented when recounting Vance’s earlier criticisms and later political alignment with Trump, showing that at least one prominent Republican once invoked a Hitler comparison about Trump ^{[1] [5]}.

2. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — explicit Hitler and Mussolini comparisons

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent presidential candidate and public political figure, has publicly compared Trump to both Hitler and Mussolini, calling him a “threat to democracy” and suggesting portions of Trump’s base could be described as “outright Nazis,” according to reporting that aggregates Kennedy’s statements ^[2].

3. Al Gore and Democrats’ use of Nazi‑era analogies

Former Vice‑President Al Gore employed a Nazi comparison in a public address, and numerous Democrats have repeatedly used Hitler/Nazi analogies as part of their critique of Trump, a pattern The Hill reported while also noting internal debate about whether such comparisons risk backfiring politically ^[3].

4. Kamala Harris — contested attribution and fact‑checks

Vice‑President Kamala Harris has been linked in social media and Trump’s own posts to having called Trump “Hitler”; Newsweek’s fact‑check traces the claim and shows the context in which Harris invoked comparisons to fascism and referenced warnings about authoritarianism, making the attribution contested and requiring caution in treating a direct “Hitler” label as settled ^[4].

5. Media, commentators and partisan usage — the wider field of accusation

Beyond named politicians, major news outlets and opinion writers have at times described Trump with terms like “Nazi,” “fascist,” or “Hitler,” contributing to a broad ecosystem where both elected officials and media voices employ such rhetoric; outlets including The Guardian, The Atlantic and others have documented uses of Nazi‑linked language and imagery in critiques of the Trump administration, while also debating where comparison ends and hyperbole begins ^{[6] [7]}.

6. Pushback and political consequences — Republicans and cautionary voices

There has also been explicit pushback against equating Trump with Nazis: some Republicans, in the aftermath of violent incidents, argued such comparisons could incite violence, and commentators from across the spectrum have warned that equating contemporary politicians with Hitler carries moral and rhetorical risks if used indiscriminately, a tension documented in reporting and opinion pieces ^{[2] [3]}.

7. Limits of the public record and what remains uncertain

The sources reviewed provide confirmed instances and public statements but do not constitute an exhaustive catalog of every politician who has ever used the term “Nazi” in reference to Donald Trump; some attributions are private or have been reported secondhand, others have been disputed or clarified in fact‑checks ^{[1] [4]}. Reporting also shows partisan disputes about the propriety and accuracy of such comparisons, and historians and commentators continue to debate the analytical merit of the Hitler analogy versus rhetorical excess ^{[8] [3]}.

8. Bottom line: documented examples, many more rhetorical accusations

Documented, named politicians who have compared Trump to Hitler, Nazis, or fascists in the reporting examined include JD Vance (private comparison made public), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (explicit public comparisons), and Al Gore (use of Nazi analogy), while the Kamala Harris attribution is contested and flagged by fact‑checkers; beyond those named examples, numerous other Democratic politicians, commentators and media outlets have used Nazi or fascist language in critiques of Trump, though the scope and accuracy of those claims remain debated ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [6]}.