Trump has made more than 100 threats to prosecute or punish perceived enemies Trump has used his most recent appearances on podcast and cable interviews to escalate attacks on fellow Americans whom he calls “the enemy from within.” “This is how autocrats cement their permanent grip on power,” said Ian Bassin, the executive director of the nonprofit group Protect Democracy, which advocates for protections against authoritarianism. “I absolutely think he will follow up on those threats,” said Stephanie Grisham, who worked for Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and served as his White House press secretary. Grisham resigned in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and has since become a vocal critic of her former boss. “I just know that once he's in office with no guardrails, no reason to worry about reelection, and only the most fervent, loyal people surrounding him,” Grisham said, “he will absolutely make sure his enemies pay for what he perceives to be their crimes.” John Bolton, who served as national security adviser in the Trump White House, said at an event earlier this year that he believed Trump would use the Department of Justice to enact a “retribution presidency.” https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/nx-s...arris-elizabeth-cheney-threat-civil-liberties
Yeah, what does conservative John Bolton know. He only worked closely and directly with Trump on ... (checks notes) ... National Security matters. What does he know about the man and any tendencies he may have to target American citizens with retribution?
Meanwhile, the democrats have literally spent the past two years prosecuting their political opponents. Are you guys really that blind to your hypocrisy?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebec...is-preparing-for-her-upcoming-events-n2646582 We're just two weeks away from the election, but Vice President Kamala Harris will not be on the campaign trail today. Such a move earned strong words from former and potentially future President Donald Trump. "I was going to hit her really hard on the trail today," Trump said about Harris, "but now I don't have to 'cause she's off, she's off." To laughter from the crowd, Trump continued that he "couldn't get over it." "Who the hell takes off when you have 14 days left?! And she'll take a couple of more days off, too," Trump predicted. "You know? She's lazy as hell and she's got that reputation. She's a radical left lunatic," the Republican nominee continued, reminding that Harris is "further left than Bernie Sanders or Pocahontas," referring to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), to more laughter from the crowd.
If it was some low-level dude, I might not take it seriously, but when you hear from Bolton and Miley and his closest military and National Security folks, how can you not be unnerved. I keep trying to tell myself that he is only a blowhard and just says these things for effect, but if is able to surround himself with his LOYAL SUBJECTS they will go full force. If he wins, I have a feeling it will be chaos for the next 4 years and possibly beyond
From the very stable genius who gave you "I like people who weren't captured" and "suckers and losers" comes "It doesn't cost $60,000 to bury a ****ing Mexican" and "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had". The Atlantic
I watched the Mr. McMahon documentary on Netflix and it was like watching dip$hit's presidential campaign playbook.
It's a horrifying article overall, but I hope we can all "enjoy" this part: ----- In their book, The Divider: Trump in the White House, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser reported that Trump asked John Kelly, his chief of staff at the time, “Why can’t you be like the German generals?” Trump, at various points, had grown frustrated with military officials he deemed disloyal and disobedient. (Throughout the course of his presidency, Trump referred to flag officers as “my generals.”) According to Baker and Glasser, Kelly explained to Trump that German generals “tried to kill Hitler three times and almost pulled it off.” This correction did not move Trump to reconsider his view: “No, no, no, they were totally loyal to him,” the president responded. Hahaha. Kelly, you're brave, my dude. But thanks for your knowledge of the actual history.
I’ll take the attractive middle aged liberal women dom playing over the 78 year old felon ****ing up my order in the drive through.
This is nearly the verbatim response to the original, anonymously-sourced "suckers and losers" story published by the same author in The Atlantic four years ago. Turns out John Kelly was one of the sources and has since gone on the record publicly to say that Trump called our fallen war dead "suckers and losers".
