Donald Trump with crude oil ‘Hitler moustache’: Magazine cover from Melania’s Slovenia is viral

The illustration was created by Tomato Košir, a well-known Slovenian political illustrator. (Image credit: @hecklerforever8/X)

A magazine from Slovenia, the birthplace of American First Lady Melania Trump, has gone viral for publishing a cover illustration depicting US President Donald Trump with crude oil dripping beneath his nose to resemble Adolf Hitler’s moustache.

Slovenian daily Dnevnik’s weekly supplement Objektiv's cover is also notable for taking a stand against Trump especially since the country has previously shown a cultural familiarity with him because of its connection to the First Lady.

Good morning to Melania Trump’s homeland of Slovenia and to this amazing magazine cover showing her husband with Hitler moustache made of crude oil. 🇸🇮🇪🇺

Slovenes cooked severely here. pic.twitter.com/jC8pkN9wRO — Omne Europa (@neolatyno) January 8, 2026

The illustration was created by Tomato Košir, a well-known Slovenian political illustrator whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Politico, and other international publications. Košir has previously produced Trump-themed covers for Objektiv, including an earlier illustration depicting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with Trump’s distinctive hairstyle — a reminder of how Slovenian political art has often engaged directly with global power figures.

That engagement is often viewed through the prism of Melania Trump’s origins. The First Lady was born and raised in Sevnica, a small Slovenian town that became an unlikely tourist destination during Trump’s first term, selling Melania-themed cakes, chocolates and souvenirs, as per media reports. While Melania herself has rarely commented on Slovenian politics since moving to the US, Trump’s presidency has remained a subject of public scrutiny in her home country.

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The timing of the cover coincides with Trump’s recent military intervention in Venezuela. While initially framed as an operation to dismantle what Trump called Nicolás Maduro’s “criminal regime,” the president later said democratic elections could not be held immediately. “We have to fix the country first,” Trump told reporters, adding that voting was presently impossible.

The Venezuelan operation, which resulted in Maduro’s overnight capture by US forces, has intensified criticism of Trump’s second term, particularly from European commentators. Comparisons between Trump and authoritarian leaders have surfaced repeatedly, driven by his hardline immigration policies and rhetoric. The debate sharpened after Trump described undocumented immigrants as “poisoning the blood of our country,”  a phrase, critics noted, echoes the language used by Hitler in Mein Kampf.

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Trump has consistently rejected such comparisons. “They call me a Nazi all the time… I'm not a Nazi, I'm the opposite. I'm somebody that's saving our country. But they call me