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EndlessWire

(7,993 posts)
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 12:08 PM Thursday

Alarming rhetoric

I apologize for not having a link for you to see for yourselves. One of the big podcasters was showing clips of rumpy speaking to a reporter. And he was saying something like (heavily paraphrased), "Even if it's not legal, it's time to go after them." Meaning, have "them" arrested, even if there is no substance to any charges DOJ can make up to benefit DJT.

Did you see that? I haven't seen where anyone has even a side comment regarding that. And, that was ugly!

There are two situations rump uses. First, he uses trial balloons. Say something outrageous, see if it sticks, see if people object. Then, I think he uses speeches to indicate to his henchmen (and women) what his wishes are. For example, he publicly told them to name the crappy bill the BBB. And, they promptly did.

Of course, he uses these comments also to threaten the public in general. But, since he is 100% threatening to the public in every way, this is becoming normalized. But, what did he mean about arresting "them" in spite of the legality of it? He wan't talking about immigrants.

He keeps escalating his aggression against other people. I think it rises proportional to how stressed he is for his own safety. (Of course, no talk about the fatwa, or whatever that is.) The guy is insane, but so are those who carry out his wishes. Where do we go from here? For instance, I take a dim view of Schiff getting railroaded by rump. And now, he has just lumped together ALL his opponents in one big, "They need to be arrested."

Eff that. BIG fight coming.

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Alarming rhetoric (Original Post) EndlessWire Thursday OP
"Bad people" Mike 03 Thursday #1
His old bag of tricks isn't working Qutzupalotl Thursday #2
There's something really horrifying going on EndlessWire Thursday #3

Mike 03

(18,641 posts)
1. "Bad people"
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 12:17 PM
Thursday

This is alarming. It is a continuation of his testing the waters on what he said was the next phase of getting the "Bad People." These are not people who have broken the law. They are not even immigrants. They are what he called "homegrowns." They are just individuals who Trump doesn't like because they don't like him, wrote or spoke negatively about him, or told the truth about his wrongdoings publicly. He keeps saying, "I don't know if it's legal, but..." The bigger ICE gets, the longer his list will grow, until it includes people who tweeted mean things. Yes, it's terrifying.

Qutzupalotl

(15,444 posts)
2. His old bag of tricks isn't working
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 01:19 PM
Thursday

and his desperation is showing. Clinton and Obama are old (fake) news. Epstein is stuck to him but good.

EndlessWire

(7,993 posts)
3. There's something really horrifying going on
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 05:31 PM
Thursday

He's squirming too much for it to be only over who's on the flight logs. It might even reach overseas. They must see some way that we can find out what he was doing with Epstein and Maxwell through the documentation. We have really smart people who will work night and day to run the threads down. He's hiding something big.

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