America's FAVORITE death threat makin' smelly rapist grampy DENIES making death threats. TAKE THAT, OBAMA! USA! USA!

[Miles Archer]

"If you look at sedition, if you look at, you know, that type of, that's a form of, a very strong form of being a traitor, it's a terrible thing to say," the president said. "What they said is, and it was, I mean, I don't know about the modern day things because, you know, modern day is a lot softer, but In the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death."

"I'm not threatening them, but I think they're in serious trouble," Trump claimed. "I'm not threatening death, but I think they're in serious trouble. In the old days, it was death."

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"Now, what happens to them, I can't tell you. But they broke the law. That is a terrible statement," he remarked. "That was a traitorous statement. That was a horrible thing to do. I believe they broke the law very strongly. I think it's a very serious violation of the law."

"I think Pete Hegseth is looking into it," he added. "I know they're looking into it militarily. I don't know for a fact, but I think the military is looking into it, the military courts."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-death-penalty-democrats/

[haele]

1. Kegsbreath basically dissolved JAG, because he doesn't want to follow the UCMJ.

Under his "Leadership" Military Courts and Military Law are now basically whatever the Pentagon considers politically expedient or supporting "Lethality".
Because - Rambo-bots. Or whatever.

[Prairie Gates]

2. Heming and hawing

He sounds like a little brat who didn't do his homework. Bozo.

[Miles Archer]

4. The last two paragraphs are 100% cartoon mob boss-speak

"Oh, geez, you know, I dunno, I mean, who's to say what could happen to them, all I know is...."

The weasel words Trump is so famous for.

[central scrutinizer]

11. Stochastic terrorism

There are plenty of cultists who will hear this as a call to action and gladly kill for Dear Leader

[Miles Archer]

13. Son of Sam got his orders from a dog...

...while the MAGAts get theirs from a pig.

[GusBob]

3. This is even worse

Idiot in chief commands his lackey idiot out to do his wishes
which to the lackey is an order

Is it a lawful order?

[Miles Archer]

5. He told Hegseth to look into it

The only thing Hegseth's looking into is a near-empty fifth of Walmart bourbon.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Too bad he can't find a law that quoting the US Military Code of Conduct is illegal.

[Miles Archer]

7. Yeah, like the "double secret probation" scene in Animal House

He told Hegseth to "look into it."

Ten minutes later, Hegseth is unconscious, passed out in a pool of his own vomit and urine.

What stuns me is that there's a good chance that any one of these reporters capturing Trump's words know as much as any of us on DU know, and they just WRITE IT DOWN, AND PASS IT ON. No

"Oh. You told Hegseth to LOOK INTO IT? Exactly what is he looking into? The illegality of the Military FOLLOWING ILLEGAL ORDERS?"

Because maybe the person giving those orders is the one who should be afraid of the rope.

[boonecreek]

8. "They broke the law very strongly".

I swear, he has the linguistic skills of an eight year old.

[Miles Archer]

10. It's one of his easiest-to-spot "tells"

Whenever ANYONE said or did something "Strongly," that lets you know it didn't happen.

Especially if HE'S claiming to have said or done it "strongly."

[Buckeyeblue]

9. So it's illegal to remind people that they shouldn't break the law?

The horror!

[2MuchNoise]

12. Apparently it's very strongly illegal

[Initech]

14. Coming from a group of psychopaths run by a convicted felon who remind us daily - "No one is above the law!".