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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,944 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:03 PM Dec 17

Trump Issues Late-Night Threat to Arrest His Enemies

President Donald Trump issued an unhinged call to arrest his political enemies in a late-night Truth Social post.

The 79-year-old boosted a message from a pro-MAGA account late Tuesday calling for the arrest of former Attorney General Merrick Garland and former FBI Director Chris Wray, adding, “And many others!!!”

Since returning to the White House for a second term in January, Trump has been on a personal revenge tour against high-profile foes who worked on the 2016 Russia collusion probe, his two impeachments, and the congressional inquiry into the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol in 2021.

Several of his political opponents have been hit with charges in recent months, though the cases have often not held up in court. Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted in September, sparking accusations that the president engineered the charges for political revenge. A federal judge later dismissed that case, along with the case against New York Attorney General Letitia James, another Trump critic.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-issues-night-threat-arrest-115320816.html

Donny woke up with a full diaper and no one to change it.

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Trump Issues Late-Night Threat to Arrest His Enemies (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 17 OP
Recommended. H2O Man Dec 17 #1
If Trump thought 2019-2021 was a bad time, he is in for a world of hurt. Moostache Dec 17 #2
Can Jack Smith really be reinstalled if Trump is still in office? Playingmantis Dec 17 #4
By Congress. H2O Man Dec 17 #15
I'm optimistic, too! John Farmer Dec 17 #6
Taking the House could get him impeached, but we need the Senate too in order to throw his ass out Attilatheblond Dec 17 #9
Sadly, pretty much none of that will happen. onenote Dec 17 #17
He'll still be in office at the age of 82 yr, 7 mo. Unless something sensible happens. eppur_se_muova Dec 17 #3
His current rate of disintegration won't allow for much more than 18 months of public appearances... Moostache Dec 17 #11
Suzy Wiles 90 day limit on retribusure worked didn't it! CanonRay Dec 17 #5
The Late-Night Decree gfarber Dec 17 #7
How long until he says he's running for a third term? sakabatou Dec 17 #8
he has already been saying it for a while now. drray23 Dec 17 #26
They're saving his shitty diapers.... SergeStorms Dec 17 #10
Yep! surfered Dec 17 #12
That's,well, gross. You get a rec. twodogsbarking Dec 17 #14
Two, in fact! H2O Man Dec 17 #16
Dirty full diapers make babies cranky no doubt. KS Toronado Dec 17 #20
"His enemies"? Well, that is, well, everyone. twodogsbarking Dec 17 #13
He wants to arrest Garland? LR3 Dec 17 #18
My thoughts too edhopper Dec 17 #22
Night of the Long Knives n/t PatrickforB Dec 17 #19
No gratitude Nasruddin Dec 17 #21
Arrest Garland? If Trump wasn't so senile, he'd give Merrick the Presidential Medal of Freedom... Fil1957 Dec 17 #23
Why Does He Want to Arrest Garland? MissouriDem47 Dec 17 #24
Projection. He must be very afraid. Good. Joinfortmill Dec 17 #25
They were worked on 3 or 4 investi.....Hold it! Who gets investigated for 3 or 4 things? 🤔 underpants Dec 17 #27

Moostache

(10,983 posts)
2. If Trump thought 2019-2021 was a bad time, he is in for a world of hurt.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:09 PM
Dec 17

If we retake the House, he will be impeached again on 02January2027. He will also see special prosecutor Jack Smith reinstalled and given a mandate to bring the charges he already has from grand juries on the documents and January 6th incidents. There will be additional charges for the tariffs, for the ICE raids, for the DOGE BS, for the selective prosecutions of "enemies".

If the House goes as expected, and the Senate flips as well, Trump will resign immediately after the signature on his pardon from JD Vance is finished. He may very well also flee the country to avoid potential war crimes and murder charges rolling up to his orders to kill people in boat attacks.

We might only be 13 months away from the beginning of the end of this period of national shame.... or maybe the son of a bitch will just die today, there's still several good hours left for that...

Playingmantis

(537 posts)
4. Can Jack Smith really be reinstalled if Trump is still in office?
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:29 PM
Dec 17

I would love to see that but how can that be?

Attilatheblond

(8,320 posts)
9. Taking the House could get him impeached, but we need the Senate too in order to throw his ass out
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:08 PM
Dec 17

Peter Theil's puppet won't be any better once we impeach/convict Trump.

onenote

(45,990 posts)
17. Sadly, pretty much none of that will happen.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:54 PM
Dec 17

There may be an effort to adopt articles of impeachment but it won't happen on January 2, 2o27 (or even on January 3, 2027, which is the actual date on which a new Congress is sworn in). There will articles introduced, there will be a referral to committee and there will be, eventually, a vote, but not overnight.

Moreover, Congress can't install Smith, or anyone else, as special prosecutor. That power belongs to the Attorney General and obviously Bondi isn't going to appoint Smith or anyone else to investigate or prosecute Trump or anyone else in the cabinet. And to the extent Congress could pass legislation somehow creating a new version of a special prosecutor, that's unlikely as well unless the filibuster is gotten rid of and it won't be gotten rid of for that purpose.

Finally, Trump isn't going to resign if the Senate and House flip. And JD Vance can't issue a pardon while Trump is still president.


eppur_se_muova

(41,016 posts)
3. He'll still be in office at the age of 82 yr, 7 mo. Unless something sensible happens.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:23 PM
Dec 17

It'll be like the Abraham Simpson Presidency.

Moostache

(10,983 posts)
11. His current rate of disintegration won't allow for much more than 18 months of public appearances...
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:20 PM
Dec 17

Once he is unplugged from the crowds and public speaking and confined to an incontinent wheel chair existence, he won't last long. I will be surprised if he is still wasting oxygen by 2028. J.D. Vance will be using Theil's $$$ and influence in the next campaign, and luckily he is even less likable than Trump.

gfarber

(205 posts)
7. The Late-Night Decree
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:58 PM
Dec 17


There once was a prez up at night,
On Truth Social, unhinged with delight.
“Arrest them!” he cried,
With a post full of spite—
Caps lock on, judgment drunk as a shite.

He boosted some MAGA-hot take,
Said, “Garland! And Wray! For fuck’s sake!”
“And many more, too!”
Like a mob boss in blue,
Yelling “lock ’em up” while wide fucking awake.

Back in office, round two, cue the grudge,
Every foe gets a shove from the judge.
From Russia to Jan Six,
He’s keeping score, politics—
Petty vengeance with power to nudge.

Poor Comey got slapped with a charge,
Cue the outcry: “This reeks of a farce!”
The judge tossed it out,
Said “Nope,” without doubt—
Turns out revenge law’s legally sparse.

Letitia got dragged through the mud,
Another big swing, another dull thud.
Lots of fury and noise,
But the courts aren’t his toys—
Even bullshit gets stuck in the blood.

drray23

(8,591 posts)
26. he has already been saying it for a while now.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 04:54 PM
Dec 17

At least floating the idea. Recently, he commented that Miriam Aldelson, the widow of Sheldon Adelson, a big MAGA donor, would gift $350 million if he runs for a third term.

SergeStorms

(20,002 posts)
10. They're saving his shitty diapers....
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 03:12 PM
Dec 17

for the Trump Presidential Library. There's little else they could fill it (the library) with, unless they're just going to go for a Sadam Hussein look and put pictures and statues of him everywhere.

His mind is totally, unequivocally, off the rails.

underpants

(195,012 posts)
27. They were worked on 3 or 4 investi.....Hold it! Who gets investigated for 3 or 4 things? 🤔
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 04:59 PM
Dec 17

“…a personal revenge tour against high-profile foes who worked on the ___, his two ____, and ____”

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