Fact check:

Social media users claim The Atlantic published an article titled “Trump is literally Hitler.” “Absolutely crazy talk in the Atlantic today,” one user wrote.

This claim is false. There is no evidence The Atlantic once published an article with this title. A search of The Atlantic’s website turned up nothing. result For any questionable article. (Related: Did The Atlantic publish an article calling on Kamala Harris to steal the election?)

A spokesperson for The Atlantic told Check Your Facts that the post was “a fabricated headline/article.” Separately Posted by Xthe owner of the X account that made the claim admitted that it was fabricated. of Caption status“It’s satire, but ‘The Atlantic’ is only mocked like this because it’s crazy.”

of fabricated article It seems like a modified version of article The Atlantic ran the article under the title “Trump: ‘We need a general like Hitler had’.” The articles are published with the same timestamp and author. fabricated article can be found at Atlantic’s website.