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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.
H2O Man
(78,654 posts)Just my opinion, but I don't think that a stable genius would behave this way.
Moostache
(10,983 posts)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)I would love to see that but how can that be?
H2O Man
(78,654 posts)John Farmer
(374 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,320 posts)Peter Theil's puppet won't be any better once we impeach/convict Trump.
onenote
(45,990 posts)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)It'll be like the Abraham Simpson Presidency.

Moostache
(10,983 posts)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.
CanonRay
(15,955 posts)gfarber
(205 posts)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 fucks 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,
Hes 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 laws legally sparse.
Letitia got dragged through the mud,
Another big swing, another dull thud.
Lots of fury and noise,
But the courts arent his toys
Even bullshit gets stuck in the blood.
sakabatou
(45,784 posts)drray23
(8,591 posts)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)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.

twodogsbarking
(17,591 posts)H2O Man
(78,654 posts)KS Toronado
(23,069 posts)
twodogsbarking
(17,591 posts)LR3
(127 posts)He should be giving Garland a medal
edhopper
(37,096 posts)Garland kept him out of jail.
PatrickforB
(15,347 posts)Nasruddin
(1,178 posts)And after everything Merrick Garland did for him too.
Fil1957
(547 posts)MissouriDem47
(397 posts)If it wasn't for Garland TACO would be in prison where he belongs.
Joinfortmill
(20,124 posts)underpants
(195,012 posts) a personal revenge tour against high-profile foes who worked on the ___, his two ____, and ____