Paul Verhoeven reiterates his Starship Troopers are Nazis

Last week, in one of his AI-fueled Truth Social binges, President Trump posted a supposed mockup of Hugo Boss-inspired uniforms for his Space Force. The Space Force, for those who don’t remember Trump’s first presidency, was a new tendril of the armed forces to protect Earth from little green men or whatever dangers lie in the cosmos. Unsurprisingly, the uniforms resembled those worn by Nazis. The image included some plausible deniability in the captions, claiming the uniforms were “inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform, modernized for the guardians of the space domain.” Of course, and not that it matters because we all know the game by this point, the uniforms in Starship Troopers were inspired by those worn by Nazis. But don’t take our word for it. This comes from Starship Troopers director Paul Verhoeven, who once again must publicly explain his extremely loud satire. “It’s an honor, isn’t it?” Verhoeven told The Hollywood Reporter. “When [the Trump administration] talks about Starship Troopers, they should be aware that it’s based on the style of Leni Riefenstahl. I don’t know if this president is aware that the movie says these [characters] are fascists without knowing that they’re fascists. That’s the point.”