Overnight Donald Trump promoted a video featuring an extreme close-up photo of his face in black and white, and audio of him making an obvious threat: “If you f— around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.” Trump “retruthed” […]
    • dpunked@feddit.deEnglish
      295·
      3 years ago

      What court? Nothing ever happens, he has been pulling these stunts for so many years now. Consequences are almost nil

      • rambaroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        314·
        3 years ago

        The man was literally arrested and appeared in court already.

        This is nothing but more stochastic terrorism. Most of his supporters are too comfortable and too cowardly to do shit. But we do need to worry about the incel loser types who love to commit terrorist attacks.

        • Overzeetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
          181·
          3 years ago

          The man was literally arrested and appeared in court already.

          Multiple times. And yet he walks free, passport in hand, foreign governments lavishing money on his closer family members (who are also his business partners), supporters lavishing money on him to aid his lifestyle defense fund campaign.

          • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
            93·
            3 years ago

            And yet he walks free, passport in hand

            That part I’ll argue, he deserves special treatment here only because he is one of a handful of people in the country with round-the-clock Secret Service protection. The court doesn’t need his passport, because the Secret Service can make sure he is available for his hearings. At this point, they are as much there for his handling as his protection.

            He knows it, but also knows that if he ever declines their protection or dismisses them those judges will not be so lenient on him. It wouldn’t surprise me if there’s been an under-the-table deal where the court doesn’t have to take his passport, because the Secret Service has actual possession of it, with no need to publicize it. In fact, has there been any evidence at all that Trump has traveled outside the country since the indictments?

  • Decoy321@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    3 years ago

    Why are we even dignifying this by sharing it? He doesn’t deserve the attention.

    • FoxBJK@midwest.socialEnglish
      141·
      3 years ago

      That’s what everyone said last time, then people died. “Ignore it and it’ll go away” doesn’t work when literally millions of people still listen to this man.

      • Decoy321@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        I’m not saying ignore the man." I agree in that being actively dangerous. I’'m saying we shouldn’t help him keep engagement by sharing every stupid fucking thing he says. It’s a deliberate way they help keep narratives shifted in their favor.

        We should pay attention to the news ABOUT him, not the news FROM him.

    • Sturgist@lemmy.caEnglish
      113·
      3 years ago

      Oh? So is it Jan 6 part 2? Oh man I Did Nazi That Coming!

      Ftfy

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 years ago

      It’s worse than that. The audio from this came from an interview with Rush Limbaugh right before the 2020 election. The original context of it can be seen as leading up to Jan 6. The fact that it is resurfacing (with Trump’s approval) means there is more coming.

  • MossBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 years ago

    It’ll never not be alarming that this is where we’re at. From Dan Quayle misspelling potato being disqualifying to this…