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In reply to the discussion: On seeing the bloodbath forest for the bloodbath trees [View all]
Marcuse
(9,013 posts)58. He started with predicting a bloodbath about auto imports then expanded his bloodbath to the whole country generally.
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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