Tom Morello Accuses Trump Administration of Using Nazi-Era Slogan

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello is once again taking aim at the Trump administration, this time accusing it of echoing a Nazi-era slogan during a recent government news conference.

Morello, 61, has been outspoken in his criticism of President Donald Trump throughout Trump’s second term, particularly on issues related to immigration enforcement. His latest comments came in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, who was shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In a post shared on Instagram, Morello highlighted an image from a Department of Homeland Security news conference held one day after Good’s death. The image showed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem standing at a podium bearing the phrase, “One of ours, all of yours.”

Morello strongly condemned the wording, claiming it directly mirrored a slogan associated with Nazi retaliation tactics during World War II. In his post, he wrote that the phrase was a “verbatim” copy of language used by Nazis to justify mass killings after one of their officers was attacked.

“Today the Trump admin quoted (verbatim) the Nazi mass murder slogan, ‘One of ours, all of yours,’” Morello wrote. He added that the phrase was coined after an SS officer was killed, followed by the murder of every male resident of a village in retaliation. “If there are any MAGA left after THIS, you have made an irrevocable choice,” he concluded.

Morello appeared to be referencing the 1942 destruction of the Czechoslovakian village of Lidice. After senior Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich was mortally wounded by members of the Czech resistance, Nazi police and SS forces retaliated by executing the village’s men and deporting women and children, many of whom were later killed. While the massacre is historically documented, it remains unclear whether the exact phrase cited by Morello originated from that event.

The Department of Homeland Security responded to Morello’s comments in a statement to Billboard, dismissing the accusation. “Calling everything you dislike ‘Nazi propaganda’ is tiresome,” the statement read. “DHS will continue to use all tools to communicate with the American people and keep them informed on our historic effort to Make America Safe Again.”

This is far from the first time Morello has publicly criticized both ICE and Trump. In July 2025, he released the protest song Pretend You Remember Me, which he said was inspired by immigration raids across the country.

“Releasing this song now is in direct response to what we’ve seen happening, the state terror we’ve seen happening in this country of mass agents tearing families apart,” Morello told Billboard at the time.

Political protest has long been central to Morello’s career. As a founding member of Rage Against the Machine, a band that officially disbanded in January 2024, he built a reputation for using music to confront government power, oppression, and social injustice. His latest comments suggest that, even after the band’s end, his activism remains as fierce as ever.