MaddowBlog-Trump floats radical new threats against those who say what he doesn't want to hear

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Wes Moore, Chris Christie and Muriel Bowser told the public the truth. Presidential threats soon followed.

Over the course of three days, Democratic Gov. Wes Moore, former Republican Gov. Chris Christie, and Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser told the public the truth.

Each faced threats from Trump soon after. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-25T12:01:30.666Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-floats-radical-new-threats-say-doesnt-want-hear-rcna226936

But that, evidently, wasn’t enough. On Friday morning, the president specifically targeted Muriel Bowser, the Democratic mayor of the District of Columbia, for pointing to official data that conflicts with his perceptions. “Mayor Muriel Bowser must immediately stop giving false and highly inaccurate crime figures, or bad things will happen,” the Republican wrote to his social media platform.

Two days later, after former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie criticized Trump during an appearance on ABC News’ “This Week,” this also generated a related presidential threat. The New York Times reported:

President Trump on Sunday threatened to investigate former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey over a 2013 political scandal, days after the F.B.I. raided the home and office of another former Trump official turned critic. Mr. Trump made the threat on social media after Mr. Christie said during an appearance on ABC News that the president ‘doesn’t care’ about maintaining a separation between his office and criminal investigations.

In case that wasn’t quite enough, the president apparently also saw Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” leading Trump to pitch yet another threat. NBC News reported:

The president on Sunday also threatened to pull federal funding for the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed in 2024. The federal government had previously agreed to pay for the bridge’s replacement. ‘I gave Wes Moore a lot of money to fix his demolished bridge,’ Trump wrote. ‘I will now have to rethink that decision???’

.......The common thread isn’t exactly well hidden: Bowser, Christie and Moore told the public facts that Trump didn’t want to hear, and presidential threats soon followed.

Indeed, hours after targeting the former Republican governor and incumbent Democratic governor, the president, for good measure, proceeded to threaten ABC and NBC (twice) for airing news coverage that he disapproved of.

Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College, told The Associated Press the other day, “The picture is pretty clear for anyone who’s read a history book what kind of administration we’re dealing with.” The quote resonates for a reason.

[johnnyfins]

1. Let him pull the funding for the bridge

Let him do it. He acts like he wrote the check from his personal account. Fuck him. Let him pull the money and then he will get the backlash. Call his fucking bluff.

[Demovictory9]

2. "Mayor Muriel Bowser must immediately stop giving false and highly inaccurate crime figures, or bad things will happen,"