Donald Trump is a dictator in waiting. Like other dictators, he is threatening to put his “enemies” in prison – and to do even worse things to them. These are not idle threats or empty acts of ideation: Donald Trump is a violent man who is a proven enemy of democracy and freedom.
These threats of violence against his enemies are part of a much larger pattern of violent and dangerous behavior that is only growing worse as he faces criminal trials and the possibility of going to prison for hundreds of years.
In the most recent example, Donald Trump told Glenn Beck during an interview last week that he is going to put President Biden and other “enemies” in prison when he takes by the White House in 2025.
In a Sunday evening post on his Truth Social disinformation social media platform, Trump was even more explicit with his threats of violence and harm, threatening that he would treat Biden and the other “enemies” like they do in “banana republics”:
In “banana republics” the enemies of the leader and the regime are usually imprisoned, tortured, executed, and face death squads and mass executions. Trump himself has publicly expressed his admiration for murderous dictators and autocrats such as Vladimir Putin and N. Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
The corporate news media — with MSNBC being a notable exception — as is their policy, mostly ignored Trump’s most recent threats to kill and imprison President Joe Biden and the other “enemies” of the MAGA movement. Ignoring the danger will not make it disappear or otherwise go away; moreover, to ignore Trumpism and neofascism is to normalize them.
During an interview Saturday on MSNBC, Miles Taylor, who was a senior member of Trump’s administration and author of the New York Times’ “Anonymous” op-ed, warned that the ex-president’s desires to imprison his “enemies” are not new:
Reform and expand the supreme court, abolish the Electoral College, grant DC statehood, give Puerto Rico self determinism and end the filibuster. There is nothing unfair about making our democracy fairer. Robert Reich
It’s not just him going to la-la-land. I thought De Santis was part of the Village People wearing his white boots as a statement of bonding with Gays. Imagine my disappointment after singing Y.M.C.A.
In our history we’ve had worse. The news might have been weeks old, published weekly, then the radio gave us a minute or two, TV a full half hour of ‘Nightly News’. Today we have 24/7. They gotta fill it with something.
All elections during the next three years will be a vote for either democracy or single-party rule. Figure it out. And the GOP is not even hiding what it intends to do.
Radish the wordsmith 9 months ago
Donald Trump is a dictator in waiting. Like other dictators, he is threatening to put his “enemies” in prison – and to do even worse things to them. These are not idle threats or empty acts of ideation: Donald Trump is a violent man who is a proven enemy of democracy and freedom.
These threats of violence against his enemies are part of a much larger pattern of violent and dangerous behavior that is only growing worse as he faces criminal trials and the possibility of going to prison for hundreds of years.
In the most recent example, Donald Trump told Glenn Beck during an interview last week that he is going to put President Biden and other “enemies” in prison when he takes by the White House in 2025.
In a Sunday evening post on his Truth Social disinformation social media platform, Trump was even more explicit with his threats of violence and harm, threatening that he would treat Biden and the other “enemies” like they do in “banana republics”:
In “banana republics” the enemies of the leader and the regime are usually imprisoned, tortured, executed, and face death squads and mass executions. Trump himself has publicly expressed his admiration for murderous dictators and autocrats such as Vladimir Putin and N. Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
The corporate news media — with MSNBC being a notable exception — as is their policy, mostly ignored Trump’s most recent threats to kill and imprison President Joe Biden and the other “enemies” of the MAGA movement. Ignoring the danger will not make it disappear or otherwise go away; moreover, to ignore Trumpism and neofascism is to normalize them.
During an interview Saturday on MSNBC, Miles Taylor, who was a senior member of Trump’s administration and author of the New York Times’ “Anonymous” op-ed, warned that the ex-president’s desires to imprison his “enemies” are not new:
Grandma Lea 9 months ago
It does get bad when stupid comes home to roost; attempted coups, false statements, idiots ranting, etc.!
Radish the wordsmith 9 months ago
Reform and expand the supreme court, abolish the Electoral College, grant DC statehood, give Puerto Rico self determinism and end the filibuster. There is nothing unfair about making our democracy fairer. Robert Reich
baldyzuzu Premium Member 9 months ago
It’s not just him going to la-la-land. I thought De Santis was part of the Village People wearing his white boots as a statement of bonding with Gays. Imagine my disappointment after singing Y.M.C.A.
ncorgbl 9 months ago
In our history we’ve had worse. The news might have been weeks old, published weekly, then the radio gave us a minute or two, TV a full half hour of ‘Nightly News’. Today we have 24/7. They gotta fill it with something.
tpcox928 9 months ago
All elections during the next three years will be a vote for either democracy or single-party rule. Figure it out. And the GOP is not even hiding what it intends to do.