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In reply to the discussion: On seeing the bloodbath forest for the bloodbath trees [View all]
LearnedHand
(5,500 posts)35. Plus the media cemented the contextless statement in everyone's minds via the headline
It doesn’t matter what he meant. It’s now out there free of the auto industry context. Thanks, MSM, for doing TSF’s job for him. As always.
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He started with predicting a bloodbath about auto imports then expanded his bloodbath to the whole country generally.
Marcuse
Mar 2024
#58
Trump has a long history of calling for death and violence - and denying he meant it
dalton99a
Mar 2024
#2
The MAGAts know exactly what Trump meant. They couldn't care less about context or
flashman13
Mar 2024
#14
He wants a civil war (Rs vs Ds) hoping he can somehow jump back into the W. H.
KS Toronado
Mar 2024
#16
Demagogue: one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
Ping Tung
Mar 2024
#17
".. the only way to save America will be through mass acts of violence and bloodshed against other Americans."
Evolve Dammit
Mar 2024
#18
It kind of reminds me of people who would buy the whole album (or CD or whatever) by their favorite band
Cheezoholic
Mar 2024
#21
Grooming is exactly right. They do so by manipulating feelings of disgust.
summer_in_TX
Mar 2024
#73
Exactly. He explicitly said "it would be a bloodbath for the whole country," not just the auto industry.
SunSeeker
Mar 2024
#72
Can't believe anyone wants to give him and complicit GOP the 'benefit of the doubt.' None
wiggs
Mar 2024
#36
And I interpret his remarks in one way (besides the obvious 'pathetic whining of an old man'), that he knows that he's
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2024
#32
Plus the media cemented the contextless statement in everyone's minds via the headline
LearnedHand
Mar 2024
#35
Well put. He likely decided in advance to use that graphic word, placed ambiguously, to juice up his minions.
JudyM
Mar 2024
#42
The Trump campaign has urged people to consider the full context of his "bloodbath" comments...
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
#44
Yup... Honestly, some of the seemingly genuflective threads today have me wondering what
hlthe2b
Mar 2024
#60
I think he engineers his statement to be taken any number of ways. "Plausible deniability" is no defense.
marble falls
Mar 2024
#51
His stupid fucking shitbird MAGA followers will carry out his fucking call to kill people. Violent piece of shit.
SoFlaBro
Mar 2024
#56
I was preparing a response to the "we are all being silly about Trump's bloodbath comment.
Bozvotros
Mar 2024
#64
He explicitly said "it would be a bloodbath for the whole country," not just the auto industry.
SunSeeker
Mar 2024
#71
No, EarlG. He explicitly said "it would be a bloodbath for the whole country," not just the auto industry.
SunSeeker
Mar 2024
#70
The Biden campaign just released this devastating ad putting into perspective Donald Trump's "bloodbath" comment.
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
#85