Donald Trump critics call out his 'Nazi Germany' tweet

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Russia had never tried to sway his actions and furiously blamed US intelligence agencies for news reports that Moscow had compiled compromising information on him.

In a series of Twitter posts, Trump accused intelligence agencies of taking "one last shot" at him by leaking the information. "Are we living in Nazi Germany?" he asked.

Russia just said the unverified report paid for by political opponents is "A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FABRICATION, UTTER NONSENSE." Very unfair!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017

Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017

I win an election easily, a great "movement" is verified, and crooked opponents try to belittle our victory with FAKE NEWS. A sorry state!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017

Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to "leak" into the public. One last shot at me.Are we living in Nazi Germany?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017

We had a great News Conference at Trump Tower today. A couple of FAKE NEWS organizations were there but the people truly get what's going on

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2017

This tweet, however, did not go down well to many individuals on social media, who then took to Twitter to voice their anger.

Here’s what they said:

.@realDonaldTrump you expect Americans to trust what Russia says over our own intelligence?? What is wrong with you??

— David Sugarman (@SugarmanSpeaks) January 11, 2017

.@realDonaldTrump You hired an antisemitic chief strategist and are supported by an army of neo-Nazi trolls, so, yeah, the vibe is very 1934

— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) January 11, 2017

.@realDonaldTrump You. Are. Going. To. Regret. This. Tweet.

— Simon Hedlin (@simonhedlin) January 11, 2017

.@realDonaldTrump And let's be extremely careful about invoking Nazi Germany in the same tirade you lament a free press.

— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) January 11, 2017

.@realDonaldTrump Please tell us more about how Nazis operate. pic.twitter.com/SDgqHEvJFl

— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) January 11, 2017