Ex-Trump Aide Reveals 'Scary' Moments He Wanted People Killed

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: HuffPost

Jan 11, 2024, 04:30 AM EST


Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as White House communications director under Donald Trump, said a shocking courtroom hypothetical about presidents ordering people killed may not be so hypothetical when it comes to her former boss. Attorneys for Trump this week argued that presidential immunity means a president can’t be prosecuted unless impeached and convicted first ― even in a case such as ordering the assassination of a political rival.

Farah Griffin, now a co-host of “The View,” called that claim “scary” when it comes to Trump. “The problem is with Trump this isn’t super outside of the realm of possibility that we would be in a scenario like that,” she said on Wednesday’s show, then elaborated:

“When he was told his VP had to be evacuated from the Capitol for his own safety, he said, basically, ‘So what?’ Then he said he deserved it when there were ‘Hang Mike Pence’ signs. He alluded to Gen. Milley should be executed. He, in a meeting I was in in the Oval Office with a dozen other staffers, said that an aide should be executed for leaking something negative about him.”

“So this is a man who will push kind of every boundary that’s out there,” she said.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alyssa-farah-griffin-executions_n_659fa8a4e4b0e696b910d0d3

[keopeli]

1. And yet she continued to work under him. What does this say about her?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. Republican? :)

[keopeli]

3. I would suggest it is far beyond being a Repug. Many stalwart Repugs would never work for this monster.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. So what do you think of CH? In the back of my mind have

Always thought, what if she's a plant?

Still think whole story about trump choking SS is BS. ( trump would NEVER in a Zillion years want to go mingle with armed thugs at Cap). And why would SS come running back to WH to tell HER?

[keopeli]

35. Yes! We see through a mirror darkly. We simply see the performance. As an actor, it's what happens

behind the curtain that is far more entertaining to me. Trump, like Hitler and Goebbels (and Putin), is a frustrated (and talentless) artist. They make the world their stage. It's hard to tell the actors from the audience (which is the real magic in this theater of the absurd). I can't say I suspect CH of being an actor, at least not at first. To which troupe does she belong? The thing is, historically, time itself is the enemy of any performance. The theater changes, the script changes, the actors change, and it's impossible to keep a show going forever. I think Trump's final act played out on January 6. But, like all megalomaniacs, he can't let go of the thrill. Nor can he believe he ended being the antagonist rather than the protagonist. So, he has fashioned a sequel. Yes, there are the rare examples of sequels that surpass the original (Godfather II, Empire Strikes Back). But these are one in a million and this current performance is more like Pumpkinhead II.

I totally exhausted and tortured that metaphor! Suffice to say I agree with you're suspicion. Someday, many years from now, I believe this current American Saga will be our greatest story, surpassing the Civil War, the World Wars, our original sin, and the Pax Americana. We are living through an age that will define the world for the next and most important era for humans. I hope we have the spittle for it.

Did I go too far? LOL! Pour me a drink and let's talk about it!

Peace

[Laura PourMeADrink]

37. Intriguing Analysis! And which troupe does Cassidy Hutchinson belong?

Is an excellent question.

To start, have to say it struck me as super odd that these two guys ( one a SS agent who didn't say a word) rushed back and HAD to tell HER. Why her? Did they know she would blab? Did they think she was a locked in supporter?

[tanyev]

8. To be fair, she did resign in December 2020.

Although she managed to go along with everything Trump did for 3 1/2 years.

[keopeli]

9. So, an insurrection and a coup was just a bit too much. Yeah, there's a lot of them. Sheesh...

[Kennah]

13. THAT was the bridge too far

[prodigitalson]

27. IKR it's like yeah I'm glad they drew the line at that but come on

[ShazzieB]

36. She resigned in December 2020.

That was before the insurrection and attempted coup. At that time, he was loudly and vociferously proclaiming the election was stolen, flailing around hatching plots and filing bogus lawsuits, and just generally making it clear that he had no intention of leaving office. It sounds like she decided not to stick around to see what was going to happen, and I really can't blame her.

[Aristus]

10. She really wanted 'worked at the White House' on her resume?

n/t

[keopeli]

11. Or maybe Charlottesville was just her cup of tea? n/t

[prodigitalson]

28. kids in cages and all that

[Kennah]

12. She smelled a book tour?

[republianmushroom]

14. Yup, tells you something what these people would do/did for spotlight and money.

[dchill]

18. Enough. It says enough.

[RobinA]

22. She Needs The Job?

I've left jobs because they sucked, I've stayed at jobs that sucked. It's about timing.

[onecaliberal]

24. AND she is still a recon. So there is that.

[KS Toronado]

4. Sounds like a mob boss hinting what needs to be done

and hoping someone after brownie points with him goes forward with the dastardly deed.

[Ligyron]

17. "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?"

Thomas Becket, arch Bishop.

I think?

[soldierant]

19. You beat me to it.

Yes, he was the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was Henry II who said those words.

Henry and Becket had been drinking buddies, and Henry appointed him to the archbishopric in order to get a co-conspirator in that position of power. Didn't work that way. Becket grew a spine.

I sure wish some Trump** appointees woud grow spines.

[dchill]

21. "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"

...said King Henry II about Thomas Becket. Henry was pretty Trumpy for his time.

[keithbvadu2]

26. "Will no one rid me of...?"

If not Trump directly executing his 'enemies', he will indirectly encourage his followers to do it.

[dchill]

29. Oh, I've heard the echoes...

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." - Attributed to Mark Twain.

[Novara]

5. Does anybody doubt that he has likely had people killed?

Maybe not while pretending to be president, but this sounds like a mob character giving orders to me. And it sounds like it comes pretty easily: he hints at what he wants done and people do it.

[Lonestarblue]

6. Maybe Jeffrey Epstein?

[sop]

7. Probably OK'd Jamal Khashoggi's murder.

[dchill]

30. Implausible deniability?

Pretty sure both he and Jared knew what they were getting paid for.

[Kennah]

15. Meyer Lansky was never convicted or imprisoned for murder

[Rebl2]

16. I have

often wondered if he is part of the Russian mob.

[soldierant]

20. A million people with CoViD?

[LudwigPastorius]

32. There's no doubt that Trump was/is a mob associate.

Mafia lawyer Roy Cohn was his mentor. And, you don't engage in the real estate and casino business during the '80s in New York and New Jersey without paying tribute to the appropriate Five Families.

These days he's probably more involved with the Russian mob.

[ificandream]

23. Background -- Here's the AP link from 2020 with the info that he went into the White House bunker.

This is what caused him to say someone should be executed. This is mentioned in the full HuffPost link listed in the OP.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-george-floyd-politics-a2326518da6b25b4509bef1ec85f5d7f

[FakeNoose]

25. He didn't stay in the bunker very long

It was right after that (less than 24 hours later) the cops tear-gassed the peaceful protestors outside the White House fence.

Chump came out with Bible in his hand and walked over to Saint John's Episcopal church next door to the White House. Gen. Mark Milley and White House staffers accompanied Chump on the walk, and it was all for a photo op. General Milley later said he regretted that he agreed to do it, because there was no reason for a military person to be involved.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church

[LudwigPastorius]

31. Trump doesn't "push" boundaries.

He breaks laws, and so far, he hasn't paid any price for doing so his entire life.

[Skittles]

34. is there ANY DOUBT

that fascist POS would have his critics executed if he could? ANY DOUBT AT ALL?

[dwayneb]

38. The amazing thing is that some people are just beginning to get it?

Farah Griffin, now a co-host of “The View,” called that claim “scary” when it comes to Trump. “The problem is with Trump this isn’t super outside of the realm of possibility that we would be in a scenario like that”.

Are people in this country like this airhead living in some Wizard of Oz fairy tale land? It's the only explanation. I know well educated people that have voted for the Orange Orangutan and will voter for him in 2024, they are completely clueless as to the dire immediate risk this man poses to our freedom, security and prosperity.

And there are plenty of people that just go on playing with their electronic toys with their biggest concern which show they will binge watch next. Almost half didn't vote in 2016 and 2020. Nation of idiots.