Trump Border Official Defends Coat Gavin Newsom Called ‘SS Garb’ | EUROtoday

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection commander spearheading President Donald Trump’s city deportation marketing campaign is defending his wardrobe after coming underneath hearth from California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

Speaking on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, Newsom stated Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino appeared “as if he literally went on eBay and purchased SS garb,” suggesting Bovino’s calf-length inexperienced trenchcoat resembled these worn by Nazi officers in World War II-era Germany.

In an interview with NewsNation’s Leland Vittert that aired Thursday, Bovino laughed off the implication, noting that the coat “is definitely Border Patrol-issued” and had been in his possession for “over 25 years.”

“I bought that as a young agent, approximately 1999,” he defined.

Watch a clip of Bovino’s NewsNation look under. His feedback on Newsom start across the 7:03 mark.

Bovino went on to recommend that Newsom’s criticisms had been politically motivated, on condition that he’d worn the coat to former Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus’ swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C., in 2021, when President Joe Biden was nonetheless in workplace.

At that point, Bovino “obtained nothing however compliments” on the coat, he stated.

“Fast-forward a few years to this administration, all of a sudden it’s a problem,” he added. “Hey, what changed there? Why is it a problem now [and not] during the last administration?”

Newsom, nonetheless, isn’t the one one likening Bovino’s coat to “Nazi cosplay.” Photos of Bovino taken this week in Minneapolis ― the place Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross earlier this month ― have drawn outrage on-line, with many on social media zooming in on his coat.

“He’s probably the kind of guy who collects vintage uniforms and memorabilia from a certain time in German history,” one particular person wrote on Reddit.

Added one other: “Stop calling it a cosplay. They are showing you exactly who they are. And they have killed countless innocents for it.”